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Moonfleet (2013 TV Series)
''Moonfleet'' is a British period television drama series which aired on Sky One in 2013. It is based on the classic 1898 adventure novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner, about smuggling on the Dorset coast in the eighteenth century. Location shooting took place in Ireland. Cast * Ray Winstone as Elzevir Block * Aneurin Barnard as John Trenchard * Sophie Cookson as Grace Mohune * Anthony Ofoegbu as Loder * Phil Daniels as Ratsey * Lorcan Cranitch as Meech * Pippa Haywood as Aunt Lydia * Nick Lee as Officer James * Ian McElhinney as Rev Glennie * Lesley Vickerage as Aunt Jane * Ben Chaplin as Magistrate Mohune * Fionn Walton as Davey Block * Frank O'Sullivan as Blackbeard * Omid Djalili Omid Djalili (; born 30 September 1965) is a British comedian, actor, and writer. Early life and education Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvane ... as Aldobrand2 * Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonfleet (novel)
''Moonfleet'' is an 1898 adventure fiction, adventure and historical novel written by English writer J. Meade Falkner. The plot is an adventure tale of smuggling, treasure, and shipwreck set in 18th-century England. Plot summary In 1757 Moonfleet is a small village along the coast of southern England. The village takes its name from a formerly prominent local family, the Mohunes. The main character is John Trenchard, an orphan who lives with his aunt, Miss Jane Arnold. The village church includes the sexton (office), sexton, Mr. Ratsey, and Parson Glennie, who also teaches in the village school. Elzevir Block is the landlord of the ''Mohune Arms''. The inn is nicknamed the ''Why Not?'', a pun on the Mohune coat of arms, which includes a ''pall (heraldry), cross-pall'' in the shape of the letter "Y". Mr. Maskew is the local magistrate, who has a daughter, Grace. Village legend tells of the notorious Colonel John "Blackbeard" Mohune who is buried in the family crypt under the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pippa Haywood
Philippa Jane Haywood (born 6 May 1961) is an English actress. She won the 2005 Rose d'Or Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for '' Green Wing'' (2004–2006). Her other television credits include '' The Brittas Empire'' (1991–1997), Chimera (1991) '' Prisoners' Wives'' (2012–2013) and '' Scott & Bailey'' (2012–2016), and (2018) Bodyguard''. In 2019 she appeared in series 4 of the BBC Radio 4 Show ''The Pin''. Early life and education Haywood was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She attended Hatfield Girls’ Grammar School and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Television Haywood has an extensive television career which includes portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One comedy series '' The Brittas Empire'' (1991–1997), Mrs Kitchen in the CITV animated series '' Budgie the Little Helicopter'' (1994-1996), Julie Chadwick in the 2007 BBC Two comedy '' Fear, Stress & Anger'' and the hot-tempered, sex-mad human resources director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s British Drama Television Series
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 British Television Series Endings
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Nicholas Woodeson
Nicholas Robin Frank Woodeson (born 30 November 1949) is an English film, television and theatre actor, and Drama Desk and Olivier award nominee. Early life and education Woodeson was born in Sudan and grew up in Haifa, Israel. He later moved to England, where he started performing at prep school in Sussex, and Marlborough College. He read English at the University of Sussex,and became involved in student drama productions, where he met Michael Attenborough, Jim Carter, and Andy de la Tour. He also participated in the 1970 National Student Drama Festival. Next was a season in rep at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, after deciding not to pursue an academic career. He won a scholarship to RADA (1972–1974). Career Theatre Woodeson's first work after drama school was a season at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (1974–75), in a company that included Jonathan Pryce (artistic director), Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite and Bill Nighy. He has worked in regional theatre in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Trenaman
Martin Trenaman (born 1962) is an English comedy writer and actor, who has contributed to many modern comedy series. He played Simon's father, Alan Cooper, in the sitcom ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008-10). He reprised the role of Mr. Cooper for the subsequent Inbetweeners films released in 2011 and 2014. Career Trenaman won ''So You Think You're Funny?'' in 1994 and went on to write additional material for shows such as ''Head on Comedy'', '' Lenny Henry in Pieces'' and ''Haywire'', and for comedians such as Harry Enfield, Johnny Vaughan and Phil Kay. The Lenny Henry special which he contributed to was winner of the Golden Rose of Montreaux in 2001. Trenaman has been credited with writing material for '' Is It Bill Bailey?'' and ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks''. He appeared in two of Bailey's live shows; with Phil Whelans in ''Bill Bailey's Cosmic Jam'' (1996) as part of the band "The Stan Ellis Experiment", and in ''Part Troll'' (2004) with Kevin Eldon and John Moloney in Kraftwerk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gunn (actor)
Stephen, Steven or Steve Gunn may refer to: * Stephen K. Gunn (born 1954), Canadian businessman * Steven Gunn (historian) Oxford historian * Steve Gunn (ice hockey) (1890–1914), ice hockey player * Steve Gunn (musician) Steve Gunn (born April 20, 1977, in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn. Biography He studied art and music at Temple University before moving to New York City. Gunn was formerly a guita ..., New York guitarist and singer-songwriter * Steve Gunn, DJ on Timeless satellite ratio station {{hndis, Gunn, Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili (; born 30 September 1965) is a British comedian, actor, and writer. Early life and education Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvaneh Djalili. His parents emigrated from Tehran to London in 1958. He has a brother and sister. His mother was a dressmaker who at one point assisted Iranian singer Googoosh. His father was a liaison officer at the Iranian embassy in which he would provide medical assistance. He was also a photographer whose pictures ended up in the newspaper '' Kayhan''. He attended Holland Park School where he failed A-level exams a record six times and faked his results to gain entry to Ulster University in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, studying English and theatre studies having been turned down by 16 drama schools. Djalili cited Jack Lemmon, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Julia Roberts as influences. Comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank O'Sullivan (actor)
Frank O'Sullivan (born 1954) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team. Born in Blackpool, Cork, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 1986 championship. O'Sullivan was largely an unused substitute during his career, however, he did win one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal as a non-playing substitute. At club level O'Sullivan is a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Glen Rovers. In addition to this he also won one Munster medals and one championship medal. O'Sullivan's retirement came following the conclusion of the 1987 championship. Honours ;Glen Rovers *All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1977 *Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 1977 *Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 1976 *Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship: 1974 *Cork Minor Hurling Championship: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fionn Walton
Fionn (, ) is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In English, it is pronounced "Finn" ( ) or "Fyun". It is derived from a byname meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the original version of a name later anglicized as Find and Finn. People Notable people with the name include: * Fionn Carr (born 1985), Irish rugby union player * Fionn Dunne, materials scientist * Fionn Ferreira, Irish inventor and chemist * Fionn Fitzgerald (born 1990), Irish football player * Fionn Gibbons, Irish rugby player * Fionn Griffiths, British mountain bicyclist * Fionn Hand, Irish cricketer * Fionn Herlihy, Irish Gaelic footballer * Fionn MacColla (1906–1975), Scottish novelist * Fionn mac Cumhaill, figure from Irish mythology * Fionn McLaughlin (born 2007), Irish kart driver * Fionn McLoughlin (born 1982), Irish rugby union player * Fionn O'Shea (born 1997), Irish actor * Fionn Petch, Scottish translator * Fionn Regan (born 1981), Irish folk musician * Fionn Whitehead (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Chaplin
Benedict John Greenwood (born 31 July 1969),''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com better known as Ben Chaplin, is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in films, including '' Feast of July'' (1995), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), '' Lost Souls'' (2000), '' Birthday Girl'' (2001), '' Murder by Numbers'' (2002), '' Stage Beauty'' (2004), '' The New World'' (2005), '' Me and Orson Welles'' (2008), ''London Boulevard'' (2010), ''Twixt'' (2011), '' War Book'' (2014), '' Snowden'' (2016), and '' September 5'' (2024). His TV roles include ''Soldier Soldier'' (1991), '' World Without End'' (2012) and '' The Nevers'' (2021–2023). Early life Chaplin was born on 31 July 1969 in Windsor, in the county of Berkshire, England, the son of Cynthia (née Chaplin), a teacher, and Peter Greenwood CBE, a civil engineer. He has one sister, Rachel, and one brother, Justin. Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager, after acting in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
