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Lucy Robinson (actress)
Lucy Jane Robinson (born 1966) is a British actress working mostly in television. Her television roles include Louisa Hurst in ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995), Robyn Duff in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth series of ''Cold Feet'', Mayoress Christabel Wickham in the second series of '' The Thin Blue Line'' and Pam Draper in '' Suburban Shootout''. She has also played Frau Clovis, secretary to the Duke of Manhattan, in the ''Doctor Who'' episode " New Earth" and Mrs. Elton in the 1996 TV adaptation of ''Emma''. She also appeared in a single episode of ''The IT Crowd'' as a prospective employer to Jen. She had a role as Harriet Burgess in ''EastEnders'', and appeared in a single episode of BBC TV children's series '' Powers''. In 2006 she played the part of Louise Mallory in 'Expiation', the final episode of the first series of ''Lewis''. She has also appeared in ITV drama ''William and Mary'' as Mrs Rick, alongside Martin Clunes and Julie Graham. She has more re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis (TV Series)
''Lewis'' is a British television Detective fiction, detective drama produced for ITV (TV network), ITV, first airing in 2006 (Television pilot, pilot) then 2007 (series 1). It is a spin-off from ''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'' and, like that series, it is set in Oxford. Kevin Whately reprises his character Inspector Lewis, Robert "Robbie" Lewis, who was Morse's sergeant in the original series. Lewis has now been promoted to detective inspector and is assisted by Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, DS James Hathaway, portrayed by Laurence Fox, who was promoted to inspector before the eighth series. The series also stars Clare Holman as forensic pathologist Dr. Laura Hobson, likewise reprising her role from ''Inspector Morse''; and, from the eighth series, Angela Griffin as DS Lizzie Maddox. On 2 November 2015, ITV announced that the show would end after its ninth series, following the decision made by Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox to retire from their roles in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armadale (novel)
''Armadale'' is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first serialised between November 1864 and June 1866, and then published in book form in 1866. It is the third of his four 'great novels' of the 1860s: after '' The Woman in White'' (1860) and '' No Name'' (1862), and before '' The Moonstone'' (1868). Plot summary In the German spa town of Wildbad, the 'Scotchman' Mr. Neal is asked to transcribe the deathbed confession of Allan Armadale; his story concerns his murder of the man he had disinherited (also called Allan Armadale), who had subsequently married the woman he was betrothed to under false pretences. Under Armadale's instructions, the confession is left to be opened by his son once he comes of age. Nineteen years later, the son of the murdered man, also named Allan Armadale, rescues a man of his own age, Ozias Midwinter. The stranger reveals himself to the Reverend Decimus Brock (a friend of Allan through his late mother) to be another Allan Armadale, the son of the man who co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for ''The Moonstone'' (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre. Born to the London painter William Collins (painter), William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved with them to Italy when he was twelve, living there and in France for two years, learning both Italian language, Italian and French language, French. He worked initially as a tea merchant. After ''Antonina (Collins novel), Antonina'', his first novel, was published in 1850, Collins met Charles Dickens, who became his friend and mentor. Some of Collins' work appeared in Dickens' journals ''Household Words'' and ''All the Year Round''. They also collaborated on drama and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Actor
Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, off-stage, off-screen, or non-visible characters in various works such as films, dubbing, dubbed foreign films, anime, television shows, video games, cartoons, Documentary film, documentaries, commercials, audiobooks, radio dramas and Radio comedy, comedies, amusement rides, theater productions, puppet shows, and audio games. The role of a voice actor may involve singing, most often when playing a fictional character, although a separate performer is sometimes enlisted as the character's singing voice. A voice actor may also simultaneously undertake motion-capture acting. Non-fictional voice acting is heard through pre-recorded and automated announcements that are a part of everyday modern life in areas such as stores, elevators, waiting r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handbagged
''Handbagged'' is a play by the British playwright Moira Buffini, examining the relationship between Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990. Background ''Handbagged'' originated in 2010 as a one-act play, with the younger Thatcher played by Claire Cox, and the elder by Stella Gonet, as part of the Tricycle Theatre's ''Women, Power and Politics'' festival. The title derives from the verb coined early in Margaret Thatcher's term to evoke the effects emanating from her personal handbag, as it became an emphatic political prop and visible symbol of her power. The extended version premiered in October 2013 at the Tricycle. West End production In April 2014, the play transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End, due to run until August 2014. The cast of this production was: * Marion Bailey as Q, Older Queen Elizabeth II * Stella Gonet as T, Older Thatcher * Neet Mohan as Actor 1 (various parts, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moira Buffini
Moira Buffini (born 29 May 1965) is an English dramatist, director, and actor. Early life Buffini was born in Cheshire to Irish parents, and attended St Mary's College at Rhos-on-Sea in Wales as a day girl. She studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, London University (1983–86). She subsequently trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. Career For ''Jordan'', co-written with Anna Reynolds (writer), Anna Reynolds in 1992, she won a Time Out Award for her performance and Writers' Guild Award for Best Fringe play. Her 1997 play ''Gabriel'' was performed at Soho theatre, winning the London Weekend Television, LWT Plays on Stage award and the Meyer-Whitworth Award. Her 1999 play ''Silence (1999 play), Silence'' earned Buffini the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for best English-language play by a woman. ''Loveplay'' followed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC in 2001, then ''Dinner'' at the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre in 2003 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of List of sovereign states headed by Elizabeth II, 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longest of any British monarch, the List of longest-reigning monarchs, second-longest of any sovereign state, and the List of female monarchs, longest of any queen regnant in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon Abdication of Edward VIII, the abdic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' is a 2011 British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden. The screenplay, written by Ol Parker, is based on the 2004 novel ''These Foolish Things'' by novelist Deborah Moggach, and features an ensemble cast consisting of Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India, run by the young and eager Sonny, played by Patel. The film was produced by Participant Media and Blueprint Pictures on a budget of $10 million. Producers Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin first saw the potential for a film in Deborah Moggach's novel with the idea of exploring the lives of the elderly beyond what one would expect of their age group. With the assistance of screenwriter Ol Parker, they came up with a script in which they take the older characters completely out of their element and involve them in a romantic comedy. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edge Of Reason (film)
''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron from a screenplay by Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis and Adam Brooks. The sequel to ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' (2001) and the second installment in the ''Bridget Jones'' film series, it is based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Fielding. The film stars Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones, and follows titular character Bridget Jones (Zellweger), who experiences relationship troubles with boyfriend Mark Darcy (Firth) and becomes co-host of a television show with ex-boyfriend Daniel Cleaver (Grant). ''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'' premiered at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 28 October 2004 and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 12 November. Despite generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing over $265 million worldwide against a production budget o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Martin
''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy-drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella developing the character of Dr Martin Bamford from the Nigel Cole comedy film '' Saving Grace'' (2000). Ten series aired between 2004 and 2022, with a television film airing on Christmas Day in 2006. The ninth series premiered on ITV in September 2019. The tenth (and final) series was broadcast from 7 September 2022 to 26 October 2022; the last instalment was a Christmas special that aired on 25 December 2022. On 29 December 2022 a documentary entitled “Farewell Doc Martin” was shown on ITV, featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and crew as they filmed the final series. It also looked back at highlights from the 18 years of the show. Plot Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a brilliant and successful vascular surgeon at Imperial College London, develops haemophobia – a fear of blood – forcing him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Graham
Julie Graham (born 24 July 1965) is a Scottish actress from Irvine, Ayrshire. Her credits include ''Taggart'' (1986), '' The Fruit Machine'' (1988), ''Nuns on the Run'' (1990), '' Harry'' (1993–1995), '' The Near Room'' (1995), '' Preaching to the Perverted'' (1997), '' Bedrooms and Hallways'' (1998), '' Some Voices'' (2000), '' At Home with the Braithwaites'' (2000–2003), ''William and Mary'' (2003–2005), '' Bonekickers'' (2008), '' Doc Martin'' (2011), ''Tower Block'' (2012), ''The Bletchley Circle'' (2013), ''Shetland'' (2014–2022), ''Benidorm'' (2016–2018), ''Doctor Who'' (2020), '' Queens of Mystery'' (2019–2021), ''Midsomer Murders'' (2013,2023), '' Ridley'' (2023), and '' This City Is Ours'' (2025). Early life Graham was born on 24 July 1965, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was raised by her mother Betty who died from lung cancer at age 50 when Julie was a teenager. Career Graham has appeared in the Channel 4 ''Blood Red Roses'' (1986, filmed in East Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
