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Lynne Miller
Lynne Miller (born 27 April 1951) is a British actress. Her first TV role was in 1974, but she is best known for the role of Cathy Marshall in ''The Bill'', a TV series she appeared in from 1989 to 1996. Since that time she has appeared mostly on stage. She is married to photographer Nobby Clark. In 2021, Miller recorded an Audio Commentary for an episode of ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...'' called "Forget-Me-Not", alongside writer Russell Lewis, released oThe Bill Podcast Patreon Channel sharing her memories of the series. Filmography Theatre * ''Ivy & Joan'' (2014) * ''Not Waving'' * ''Pillion'' * ''Funny Peculiar'' * ''Tartuff'' * ''Miracle'' * ''The Usual Table'' (2002) * ''The Good Hope'' * ''Steaming'' (1997) * ''The Artful Widow'' * ''Scri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyboard'' series), broadcast on 16 August 1983. ITV were so impressed with the drama that a full series was commissioned. The title originates from "Old Bill", a List of police-related slang terms, slang term for the police and show creator Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. ''The Bill'' focuses on the lives and work of one shift of police officers of all ranks, and the storylines deal with situations faced by uniformed officers working on the beat, as well as Covert operation#Plainclothes law enforcement, plainclothes detectives. Producers initially wanted to replicate the "day in the life" feature of ''Woodentop'', and made sure a police officer was featured in every single scene. The series later adopted a much more serialised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobby Clark (photographer)
Nobby Clark is an English photographer of theatre, opera, dance and live classical and contemporary music performance. Background Clark has worked for many UK broadsheets including ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'', ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. He has also been commissioned by all the major English theatre, ballet and opera companies including both the Royal Opera, London and the Royal Ballet, as well as extensively by the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He has been the in house photographer for the Northern Broadsides Theatre Company since its first production of Richard III in 1992. He has worked with directors such as Sir Richard Eyre, Sir Trevor Nunn, Sir Peter Hall, Bill Bryden, John Dexter, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, and John Schlesinger. He has also worked with several comedians on their live shows including Dave Allen, Rik Mayall, Billy Connolly, and Ben Elton and, for Noel Gay Television. In 2005 he was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Lewis
Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963) is an English television writer and former actor. He created and wrote the ''Inspector Morse'' prequel '' Endeavour'' (2012–2023), and the first two series of ''Grace'' (2021–2022). Career Lewis was born in London and began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the films ''The Looking Glass War'' (1970) and ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' (1971). He played the 7-year-old Winston Churchill in ''Young Winston'' (1972), and featured in the 1973 horror films ''Tales That Witness Madness'' (as a boy who befriends an invisible tiger) and ''Voices''. He also starred as George Gathercole in ''The Kids from 47A''. He appeared as the young Lucius in '' I, Claudius'' (1976) and in an episode of '' London's Burning'' in 1989. By the mid-1980s, Lewis had begun to write for television series; his writing credits include episodes of '' Perfect Scoundrels'', ''Taggart'', ''The Bill'', '' Wycliffe'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''Kavanagh QC'', '' The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Liar (TV Series)
''Billy Liar'' is a sitcom of 26 30-minute episodes over two series made by London Weekend Television in 1973–1974 which starred Jeff Rawle as Billy Fisher. In addition there was a short five-minute long special as part of the '' All Star Comedy Carnival'' broadcast on 25 December 1973. The semi-comical premise is based around William Fisher, a Northern working-class 19-year-old living with his parents and grandmother in the fictional town of Stradhoughton in Yorkshire. Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for Shadrack, an undertaker, and just as bored at home Billy spends his time indulging in fantasies and dreams of life in the big city as a comedy writer. The series was based on the 1959 semi-autobiographical novel ''Billy Liar'' by Keith Waterhouse, which was later adapted into a play, a film, a musical and finally into the TV series. The scripts were by the play's writers, Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, with the story being updated to the 1970s. The theme was sung by Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (British TV Series)
''Thriller'' is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits. Background The series was created by Brian Clemens, who also scripted the majority of the episodes and story-lined every installment. It was produced by John Sichel (the first three series), John Cooper (series 4) and Ian Fordyce (the final two series) for ATV at its Elstree studios north of London. The series evolved from Clemens' previous work, in particular two films in a similar style: '' And Soon the Darkness'' (1970) and ''Blind Terror'' (aka '' See No Evil'', 1971); the latter shares plot similarities with the ''Thriller'' episodes "The Eyes Have It" and "The Next Voice You See". Original music, including the theme tune, was supplied by Clemens' regular collaborator La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazell (TV Series)
''Hazell'' is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private detective named James Hazell. Overview James Hazell was a cockney private detective character created by journalist and novelist Gordon Williams and footballer Terry Venables, who wrote under the joint pseudonym of P.B.Yuill. The first book, ''Hazell Plays Solomon'', appeared in 1974. "Hazell Plays Solomon" was also the first episode of the TV series. The wise-cracking private detective was played by Nicholas Ball. Hazell was a smart parody of earlier film-noir detectives such as Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade, the casting of Ball in the title role made for a younger TV Hazell than the Hazell in the books. A Thames Television Network Production, ''Hazell'' ran for 22 one-hour-long episodes (50 minutes without adverts). Its theme music was composed by Andy Mackay; the end credits incorporated the theme music with added lyrics, written by Judy Forrest and sung by Maggie Bell. An academi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Dares Wins (film)
''Who Dares Wins'', also known as ''The Final Option'', is a 1982 British action thriller film directed by Ian Sharp and starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, and Edward Woodward. The film is loosely based on the actions of the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege; however, the plot makes considerable fictionalised departures from the actual siege and its background, and instead follows SAS Captain Peter Skellen as he infiltrates a terrorist group planning an attack on American diplomats. The film's title references the motto of the SAS. Euan Lloyd, the film's producer, witnessed the Iranian Embassy siege firsthand and was inspired to make a film based on it, moving quickly to prevent someone else from developing the same idea. An initial synopsis, created by George Markstein, was then turned into a novel, ''The Tiptoe Boys'', by James Follett in 30 days. Meanwhile, chapter-by-chapter as the novel was completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travelling Man (TV Series)
''Travelling Man'' is a Granada TV series broadcast in the United Kingdom between 7 November 1984 and 15 October 1985. Created and written by Roger Marshall, one of the original writers of '' The Avengers'', the series starred Leigh Lawson as Lomax and Lindsay Duncan as his girlfriend. Broadcast in the 9pm slot on ITV, the series drew audiences of up to 13.2 million. Each episode had its own story, within an overarching plot of Lomax searching for his missing son and hunting down those who framed him. Series one On his release from prison, Lomax finds his wife has emigrated and is suing him for divorce. His son Steve has gone missing. Returning to his beloved narrowboat, ''Harmony'', Lomax embarks on a long search for his son - and for the man who framed him. He is pursued by the police, who have him under surveillance, various underworld figures, and a journalist named Robinson - all of whom believe that he has a hidden stash of drugs money and will lead them to it. Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tribe (1998 Film)
''The Tribe'' is a 1998 television film drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Trevor Eve, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Anna Friel. Property developer Northam is tasked with evicting a post-modern hippie proto-cult led by Richardson from a building. But they slowly win him over to their dark lifestyle, bizarre rituals, eating habits and dangerous liaisons. The film was made in 1996, but not transmitted until 1998. Music is by Poliakoff regular Adrian Johnston and it carries some of the Polikov trademarks such as photograph studies. Controversial for its nudity and a much discussed ''ménage à trois'' sex scene between characters played by Anna Friel (her first work after leaving ''Brookside''), Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jeremy Northam. Cast * Joely Richardson as Emily * Jeremy Northam as Jamie * Anna Friel as Lizzie * Trevor Eve as Kanahan * Laura Fraser as Megan * Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Adam * Sean Francis as Lawrence * St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British Medical drama, medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000 and concluded on 14 November 2024. Filmed in Birmingham and set in the fictional West Midlands (region), 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 Doctors (series 1), 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, where it filmed until 2024. Episodes were filmed three months prior to transmission and were typically broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 2:00 pm on BBC One, as well as having classic episodes broadcast on Drama (British TV channel), Drama. It took three annual transmission breaks across the year: at Easter, during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Doctors Characters (2023)
'' Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery, the University of Letherbridge Campus Surgery. Kirsty Millar ( Kiruna Stamell) is hired as a receptionist in January, while Wendi Peters made her debut as Nina Bulsara in February. In March, Rahul Arya joined the cast as Dr. Suni Bulsara, Nina's son. He was followed by his aunt, Binita Prabhu (Nina Wadia), who appeared for a guest stint in April. April also saw the arrival of midwife Malika Dahlan (Aria Prasad), as well as Tanisha Fonesca (Andrea Ali), a love interest for Bear Sylvester ( Dex Lee). In May, student Miles Bailey (Louis Saxby) made his first appearance, as well as PC Claudia Briant (Kiza Deen), a police officer and love interest for Bear. September saw a gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What To Watch
''What's on TV'' is a weekly television listings magazine published by Future PLC. Overview ''What's on TV'' is a weekly UK television magazine. It publishes features, TV listings, news and gossip from soap operas, as well as puzzles and competitions. Its primary focus is on soaps and reality TV, but documentaries and dramas are also covered. It was launched in March 1991, after the monopoly on broadcast programming listings magazines ended and the market was opened up. Before this, only two TV magazines were available: ''Radio Times'' for BBC listings and '' TVTimes'' for ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 listings. Two other magazines appeared on the market at the same time – '' TV Quick'' and the short-lived ''TV Plus''. Early covers of ''What's on TV'' usually featured TV stars and programmes, but now they almost exclusively promote soap stories. In January 2007, Time UK (then still IPC) launched a soaps and TV website branded as ''What's on TV'', which focuses on plot spoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
