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Matilda Freeman
Matilda Freeman (born 2004) is a British actress from Mickle Trafford. She has appeared in various short films and played a leading role in the 2019 feature film ''The Last Boy''. In 2017, after a guest appearance on ''Doctors'', Freeman began playing the regular role of Summer Spellman on the soap opera ''Coronation Street''. For her work on the soap, Freeman was nominated for an ''Inside Soap'' Award and a British Soap Award. Freeman left the soap in 2020 to explore other acting opportunities and the role was subsequently recast. She has since appeared in '' Alma's Not Normal'' and ''Passenger''. Life and career Matilda Freeman was born in 2004. She is from Mickle Trafford in Cheshire West and Chester. For her education, Freeman attended The Queen's School, Chester. In 2015, Freeman had a leading role in a short film and directed a short trailer with her schoolfriends for the Chester Performs Film Festival. In 2016, Freeman portrayed the role of Esther in the ITV2's sitcom tel ...
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The Queen's School, Chester
The Queen's School is an independent day school for girls aged 4–18 located in Chester, England. Founded in 1878 as "The Chester School for Girls", Queen Victoria, who was the school's first patron, issued a royal decree naming the school as "The Queen's School" in 1882, the only school in England to have this distinction. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. History Founded in 1878 by a group of prominent Chester citizens as The Chester School for Girls, the school owes its royal name to Queen Victoria. In response to a request from the Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Duke of Westminster, an early benefactor of the school, in 1882 she commanded "that the School in question shall be styled the Queen's School". The school originally had its home at 100 Watergate Flags, an 18th-century house built upon the site of an extramural Roman bathhouse. Once again, the Duke of Westminster supported the school by offering the trustees a piece of land which had once ...
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PinkNews
''PinkNews'' is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community (LGBTQ+) in the UK and worldwide. It was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005, initially released in print, but became an online version six months later. The paper closely follows political progress on LGBTQ+ rights around the world, and carries interviews with cultural figures and politicians, including the gay marriage debate in the UK, and has participated in campaigns such as Out4Marriage. History PinkUnlimited.co.uk PinkNews was founded by Benjamin Cohen in July 2005. PinkUnlimited.co.uk Ltd was registered at Companies House on 13 December 2005. That month the sitting Prime Minister, Tony Blair, wrote their online article: ''We are living in a new age of equality''. ''The PinkNews'' paper version was officially launched in 2006. However, ''PinkNews'' became an online-only publication when the print edition was dropped after six mont ...
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Bauer Media Group
Heinrich Bauer Publishing (), trade name, trading as Bauer Media Group, is a German multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Hamburg. It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations, as well as print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services. It also operates Out of home advertising, out-of-home advertising across Europe, following its takeover of Clear Channel Europe in April 2025. Bauer has a workforce of approximately 11,000 in 17 countries. Bauer Verlagsgruppe has been managed by five generations of the Bauer family. In November 2010, Heinz Heinrich's daughter Yvonne Bauer became CEO and 85% owner of the Bauer Media Group after joining the family business in 2005. In February 2021, Bauer Media Group announced it was to acquire Ireland's Communicorp, Communicorp Group, subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition was completed on 1 June 2021. H Bauer UK Originally a small printing house in Germany, Ba ...
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Closer (magazine)
''Closer'' is a British tabloid magazine founded in 2005 and published by Bauer Consumer Media. A French language version followed shortly afterwards, and an American edition began publication in 2013, ending in 2025. Profile ''Closer'' mainly specializes in celebrity news and gossip, real-life stories, fashion and television/entertainment. There is also a French-language version of the magazine published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Mondadori, an Italian media company. The French edition had a circulation of 399,589 copies in 2005. In the spring of 2006, the British parent company East Midlands Allied Press announced that it would separate its French subsidiary, which was eventually acquired in August 2006 by Mondadori for 545 million euros when taking over Emap France. The 2010 circulation of the French version of the magazine was 466,000 copies. Controversies In September 2012, the French edition of the magazine printed topless photos of the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Du ...
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Hearst Communications
Hearst Corporation, Hearst Holdings Inc. and Hearst Communications Inc. comprise an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate owned by the Hearst family and based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, television channels, and television stations, including the '' San Francisco Chronicle'', the ''Houston Chronicle'', '' Cosmopolitan'' and '' Esquire''. It owns 50% of the A&E Networks cable network group and 20% of the Walt Disney Company's sports division ESPN Inc. The conglomerate also owns several business-information companies, including Fitch Group and First Databank. The company was founded by William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper owner most well known for use of yellow journalism. The Hearst family remains involved in its ownership and management. History Formative years In 1880, George Hearst, mining entrepreneur and U.S. senator, bought the '' San Francisco Daily Examiner.'' ...
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Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its initial launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Internet forum, Forum. History (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform Sky (UK and Ireland), SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ITV Digital, ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting many visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to cre ...
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TV Times
''TV Times'' is a British television listings magazine. From 1955 until 1991, it was the only source of seven-day listings for ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 (as well as S4C in Wales in an enclosed local supplement titled '' Sbec''). The magazine did not circulate nationally until 1968 as some (usually smaller) regional stations opted to produce their own listings publications. Until the market was deregulated, its nearest rival was ''Radio Times'' – owned then by the BBC and at the time the only source of weekly BBC television and radio schedules. However the two magazines were very different in character, and viewers wanting the full listings for the coming week were required to purchase both publications. The ''TV Times'' branding was also used for several broadcast spin-offs on ITV, including the ''Miss TV Times'' and ''The TV Times Awards'' during the 1970s and 1980s. Previously published by Independent Television Publications, owned by the participating ITV companies, ...
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List Of Coronation Street Characters Introduced In 2017
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Kate Oates. The first notable character that appeared was the stillborn son of Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), Ruairi, in January. Chloe Tipton ( Jo-Anne Knowles) first appeared in February as a love interest for Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and left the series in May. She was followed by Trina Robson (Kerry Bennett), a drug dealer, who appeared in four episodes. The final character to join in February was Oliver Battersby, Steve and Leanne Battersby's (Jane Danson) baby son. Neil Clifton ( Ben Cartwright) arrived in March as an acquaintance of Nathan Curtis ( Christopher Harper) who became involved in Bethany Platt's (Lucy Fallon) grooming and sexual exploitation storyline. Sally Metcalfe's (Sally Dynevor) online stalker, Le ...
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Daniel Brocklebank
Daniel Brocklebank (born 21 December 1979) is an English actor, best known for portraying the roles of Ivan Jones in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2005–2006), and Billy Mayhew in ITV's other long-running soap ''Coronation Street'' (2014–2026). He is also known for his performance in the films ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), and '' The Hole'' (2001). Career From 1994, Brocklebank has starred in various TV programmes such as '' Down to Earth'' (BBC), '' Born and Bred'' (BBC), '' Ed Stone is Dead'' (BBC 3/Channel 4), ''Casualty'' (BBC), ''The Bill'' (ITV) and played Ivan Jones in ITV's ''Emmerdale'' between the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2006. Other TV credits include ''The Crazy World of Captain Llama'', '' Fair City'', ''Doctors'' and '' Waterloo Road''. Brocklebank's other films include: '' The Hole'' starring opposite Keira Knightley and Thora Birch, '' The Hours'' opposite Meryl Streep, '' Another Life'', ''Merlin'', '' The Devil's Arithmetic'' and '' The Cr ...
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Billy Mayhew
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by series producer Stuart Blackburn. Sharif Nazir (Marc Anwar), the father of established character Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry), made his first appearance in February. Steph Britton's (Tisha Merry) brother, Luke Britton (Dean Fagan), and a new love interest for Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth), Michael Rodwell (Les Dennis), began appearing from March. Kal's daughter, Alya Nazir (Sair Khan), arrived in June, while Kal's mother and Sharif's wife, Yasmeen Nazir ( Shelley King), turned up in July. In August, recurring character Dr. Susan Gaddas ( Christine Mackie) made her first appearance, as well as Steve McDonald's (Simon Gregson) enemy, Dean Upton (Justin Moorhouse). Kal's son, Zeedan Nazir ( Qasim Akhtar), joined in September, completing the Nazir family. Kylie Platt's (Paula ...
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Bruno Langley
Bruno Langley (born 21 March 1983) is an English musician and former actor. He is known for his roles as Todd Grimshaw in ''Coronation Street'' (over 700 episodes between 2001 and 2017) and Adam Mitchell in ''Doctor Who'' (2005). In October 2017, a spokesman for the show confirmed that Langley's ''Coronation Street'' contract had been terminated. Greater Manchester Police later announced he had been charged with two counts of sexual assault, to both of which he pleaded guilty on 28 November 2017; he was sentenced to a 12-month community order. In 2021, Langley announced his intention to pursue his musical aspirations by releasing his first recordings. Early life Langley was born to Australian parents in Somerset and grew up in Buxton, Derbyshire. He attended Harpur Hill Primary School and Buxton Community School. He trained at the North Cheshire Theatre School in Heaton Moor. Along with his sisters he was a member of a number of junior string orchestras in which he played ...
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Todd Grimshaw
Todd Grimshaw is a fictional character from the British ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', formerly played by Bruno Langley from 2001 to 2017, and now played by Gareth Pierce. The character's debut was broadcast on 14 January 2001. He was introduced as part of the Grimshaw family, formed around the established character Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver). Todd was the programme's first gay character, which generated much coverage in the British media. The coming out storyline was credited with helping ''Coronation Street'' portray a more accurate depiction of society in the 21st century. The character's storylines have mainly focused on his relationships with Sarah-Louise Platt (Tina O'Brien), Karl Foster (Chris Finch), Marcus Dent (Charlie Condou) and Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank). Langley decided to leave the show in 2004 but returned for brief appearances in 2007 and 2011. The actor agreed to reprise the role on a permanent basis in 2013. Todd remained ...
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