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Messiah (British TV Series)
''Messiah'' is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and is produced as a co-production between BBC Northern Ireland (although the series itself is set in England) and Paramount International Television. Made up of a series of occasional serials, the first, with two parts subtitled ''The First Killings'' & ''The Reckoning'', was broadcast in 2001. It has been followed by ''Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine'' (2003), ''Messiah III: The Promise'' (2004), ''Messiah IV: The Harrowing'' (2005) and most recently ''Messiah V: The Rapture'' (2008). The original production was based on a novel by Boris Starling: the subsequent instalments have been written directly for television. Starling has a cameo as a murder victim's corpse in the first serial. A crime series, it follows the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe, who often investigates particularly gruesome murders. Metcalfe is played by Scottish actor Ken Stott, and the other main regulars in the series a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot (; ; died AD) was, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane, in exchange for thirty pieces of silver, by kiss of Judas, kissing him on the cheek and addressing him as "names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament#Master, master" to reveal his identity in the darkness to the crowd who had come to arrest him. In modern times, his name is often used synonymously with betrayal or treason. The Gospel of Mark gives no motive for Judas's betrayal but does present Jesus predicts his betrayal, Jesus predicting it at the Last Supper, an event also described in all the other gospels. The Gospel of Matthew states that Judas committed the betrayal in exchange for thirty pieces of silver. The Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John suggest that he was Spirit possession, possessed by Satan. According to , after learning that Jesus Crucifixion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easter
Easter, also called Pascha ( Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary . It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. Easter-observing Christians commonly refer to the last week of Lent, before Easter, as Holy Week, which in Western Christianity begins on Palm Sunday (marking the entrance of Jesus in Jerusalem), includes Spy Wednesday (on which the betrayal of Jesus is mourned), and contains the days of the Easter Triduum including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper, as well as Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. In Eastern Christianity, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Raikes
Lucinda Mary J Raikes (born 14 April 1971) is an England, English actress, most noted for playing Karen Ball in the sitcom ''Green Wing'' and Angela Heaney in ''The Thick of It'' and its spin off film ''In the Loop''. She has also appeared in ''Sensitive Skin (British TV series), Sensitive Skin'', ''Extras (sitcom), Extras'', ''Casanova (2005 TV serial), Casanova'' and ''15 Storeys High''. Film Television Theatre References External links * 1971 births Living people English television actresses Actresses from Cambridge {{England-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsha Thomason
Marsha Lisa Thomason Sykes (born 19 January 1976) is an English actress who is best known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's ''The Haunted Mansion'', Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series ''Las Vegas'', Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series ''Lost'', FBI agent Diana Berrigan on the USA Network series '' White Collar'', and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV crime series '' The Bay''. Early life Thomason attended Holy Trinity Primary School in Blackley and North Manchester High School for Girls in Moston, before attending Oldham Sixth Form College to study for A levels in media studies, theatre studies, and performing arts. She attended the Manchester Metropolitan University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. From the age of 13, Thomason attended Oldham Theatre Workshop, where she participated in youth theatre productions. Career Thomason first came to prominence on British television in the fifth series of '' Pie in the Sky'' (1997) playing the waitress, Sall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Ryan (actor)
Daniel Ryan (born 1968 as Daniel O'Brien) is an English actor and writer. He is known for starring as Darren Alexander in the BBC drama comedy ''Linda Green'', Andrew Gilligan in ''The Government Inspector'', Andy Coulson in '' Steel River Blues'' and Kenny Reed in ''The Whistleblowers''. His stage credits include ''Macbeth'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and ''Richard III''. Since 2019, he has played DI Tony Manning in '' The Bay''. Early life Ryan was born in Culcheth near Warrington, Cheshire to parents who owned a bingo hall. He and his younger brother attended Culcheth High School. Despite playing in a school band called Darker Than Shark he was enthused by a RADA-educated drama teacher. He attended the Lancashire Schools Arts Workshop in North Wales, before being accepted into LAMDA. Career On graduation, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on an 18-month contract. In 1995 he played a paralysed man in a Drinking and Driving Wrecks Lives advert. Ten years after g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in ''Dinnerladies (TV series), dinnerladies'', a sitcom on BBC One (1998–2000), as List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Veronica Ball, Veronica Ball in ''Shameless (British TV series), Shameless'', the comedy drama from Channel 4 (2004–2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama ''Silk (TV series), Silk'' (2011–2014), and Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama series ''The Village (2013 TV series), The Village'' (2013–2014). In 2017, she starred in the ''Black Mirror'' episode "Metalhead (Black Mirror), Metalhead". She has also played the title role in a Royal Exchange, Manchester, Royal Exchange production of ''Hamlet'', as well as the notorious serial killer Myra Hindley in ''See No Evil: The Moors Murders'', the critically acclaimed 2006 dramatisation by ITV (TV network), ITV of the Moors murders. Early life Peake was born in Bolton, England, on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Speer
Hugo Alexander Speer (born 17 March 1968) is an English actor and director. He is best known for playing Guy in ''The Full Monty'' (1997), Inspector Valentine in ''Father Brown (2013 TV series), Father Brown'' (2013–2014), Captain Treville in ''The Musketeers'' (2014–2016), Lucius in ''Britannia (TV series), Britannia'' (2017–2019), Frank Young in ''Marcella (TV series), Marcella'' (2018–2020) and DI David Bradford in ''London Kills'' (2019–present). Early life and education Hugo Speer was born in Harrogate in the then West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Harrogate Grammar School. He studied acting at the Arts Educational Schools, London, Arts Educational Schools, London. Career Acting Speer began his acting career appearing in the TV series ''McCallum (TV series), McCallum'', ''The Bill'', and ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat''. He played a minor role in the film ''Bhaji on the Beach'' before his first notable appearance as Guy in the film ''The Full Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Regan
Vincent Regan (born 16 May 1965) is a Welsh film and television actor. Early life Regan born 16 May 1965 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. He attended Nicholas Breakspear School, St.Albans, Hertfordshire, then St Joseph's College, Ipswich, before going on to study acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. Acting career Regan first came on UK TV screens in series 5 (1992) of LWT's '' London's Burning'', playing Don, the love interest of Firefighter Kate Stevens ( Samantha Beckinsale). That same year he played PC Shelby alongside Sir David Jason’s DI Jack Frost in the TV series '' A Touch of Frost''. Regan has over 15 stage roles to his credit, most recently as Achilles in ''Troilus and Cressida'' at the Edinburgh International Festival. In 1999, Regan received an Irish Best Actor nomination for his co-starring performance in the miniseries '' Eureka Street''. In 2005, he starred as Marc Antony alongside Emily Blunt and James Frain in the miniseries ''Empire' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Joyce
Emily Sian Joyce is an English actress, known for playing the role of Janet Dawkins in the BBC comedy series '' My Hero'' between 2000 and 2006. Career After drama school, Joyce joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first television role was in the ITV drama '' Cracker'', where she played the murderer in a 1995 episode. She also starred in another ITV1 drama series, ''Grafters'', in 1999 and in 2003 played the part of DC Havers's new boss in ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries''. Joyce appeared in the British comedy series '' My Hero.'' She played the character of Janet Dawkins, opposite superhero Thermoman, originally played by Ardal O'Hanlon and followed by James Dreyfus. In 2003 she appeared in series 2 episode 6 of ''Ultimate Force'', playing the part of Nicky Strong. Also in 2003 Joyce played vengeful serial killer Anna Marchant/Sarah Herd in the two part BBC crime Drama '' Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine starring ''Ken Stott In 2007, she appeared in the light-hearted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Armstrong
Alan Armstrong (born 17 July 1946), known professionally as Alun Armstrong, is an English character actor. He grew up in County Durham in North East England, and first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, "the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals... I always play very colourful characters, often a bit crazy, despotic, psychotic".Kalina, Paul"Old Hand Returns with New Tricks" ''The Age'', 8 November 2007. Retrieved 2018-06-08. His credits include several Charles Dickens adaptations, and the eccentric ex-detective Brian Lane in ''New Tricks''. He is also an accomplished stage actor who spent nine years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He originated the role of Monsieur Thénardier in the West End production of ''Les Misérables'', and won an Olivier Award in the title role of '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
