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Niall MacCormick
Niall MacCormick is a Scottish film and television director. His credits include the feature-length comedy-drama '' The Long Walk to Finchley'', ''Firewall'' (the second feature-length episode of ''Wallander''), and '' The Song of Lunch'' (starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson). All of these were created for BBC Television. He directed '' The Game'' in 2013 and won a BAFTA in 2014 for the Channel 4 film "Complicit". In 2019 he directed the acclaimed BBC mini-series “The Victim”. In 2023 he directed the BBC series ''Rebus A rebus ( ) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+ ...'' (Eleventh Hour Films/Viaplay) References British television directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Walk To Finchley
''Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley'', subtitled in the initial credits ''How Maggie Might Have Done It'', is a 2008 BBC Four television drama based on the early political career of the young Margaret Thatcher (née Roberts), from her attempts to gain a seat in Dartford in 1949 via invasion to her first successful campaign to win a parliamentary seat, Finchley, in 1959. It also portrays her early relationship and marriage with Denis Thatcher. It is directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Madonna Baptiste and written by Tony Saint – it was made by Great Meadows Productions. Thatcher is played by Andrea Riseborough, Denis by Rory Kinnear and Edward Heath by Samuel West. It was followed in February 2009 by ''Margaret'', a drama on Thatcher's fall from power filmed in 2008–09, with Thatcher played by Lindsay Duncan. Production It was announced in August 2007, and filming began in London in the summer of 2007 (the black-and-white mock-newsreel footage of Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallander (British TV Series)
''Wallander'' is a British television series broadcast from 2008 to 2016. It was adapted from a Swedish series based on the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous police inspector. It was the first time the ''Wallander'' novels had been adapted into an English-language production. Yellow Bird (company), Yellow Bird, a production company formed by Mankell, began negotiations with British companies to produce the adaptations in 2006. In 2007 Branagh met Mankell to discuss playing the role. Contracts were signed and work began on the films, adapted from the novels ''Sidetracked (novel), Sidetracked'', ''Firewall (Henning Mankell novel), Firewall'' and ''One Step Behind (novel), One Step Behind'', in January 2008. Emmy-award-winning director Philip Martin (director), Philip Martin was hired as lead director. Martin worked with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle to establish a visual style for the series. The first thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of Lunch
''The Song of Lunch'' is a British 2010 television adaptation of Christopher Reid's poem of the same name. It was directed by Niall MacCormick and stars Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. Screened on 9 October 2010 during National Poetry Month, the production is unusual in featuring little spoken dialogue, the action instead being an enactment of incidents described in poetic monologue by the male character. The play tells the story of a reunion between two former lovers in a Soho Italian restaurant. Rickman's character ('he') is a London book editor who writes poetry in his spare time (unsuccessfully). Thompson's character ('she') is his former lover who left him to marry a successful novelist fifteen years previously. 50 minutes long and a co-production between the BBC and ''Masterpiece'', it was filmed in the anamorphic format Anamorphic format is a cinematography technique that captures widescreen images using recording media with narrower native Aspect ratio (image), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his distinctive deep, wikt:languid#Etymology 1, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in modern and classical theatre productions. He played the Vicomte de Valmont in the RSC stage production of ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play), Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' in 1985, and after the production transferred to the West End theatre, West End in 1986 and Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1987, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Award. Rickman made his film debut as the German criminal mastermind Hans Gruber in ''Die Hard'' (1988). He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as the Sheriff of Nottingham in ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991). He earned critical acclaim for ''Truly, Madly, Deeply (film), Truly, Madly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Thompson
Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Emma Thompson on screen and stage, Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and List of awards and nominations received by Emma Thompson, her accolades include two Academy Awards, three British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe, and appeared in the comedy sketch series ''Alfresco (TV series), Alfresco'' (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End theatre, West End revival of the musical ''Me and My Girl'', which was a breakthrough in her career. In 1987, she came to prominence for her performances in two BBC series, ''Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series), Tutti Frutti'' and ''Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game (UK TV Series)
''The Game'' is a British Cold War spy thriller television serial set in London in 1972. The six-part series was created by Toby Whithouse, written by Whithouse, Sarah Dollard and Debbie O'Malley, and first broadcast on BBC America in 2014. Whithouse confirmed via Twitter in July 2015 that there would not be a second series. Story Joe Lambe ( Tom Hughes) is a young MI5 operative in 1972 London. The previous year, Joe had fallen in love with Yulia (Zana Marjanović), one of his Soviet contacts. He had tried to defect to the Soviet Union to be with her but Joe was arrested and Yulia was shot by a KGB enforcer he had not encountered before. Joe's MI5 superior, codenamed "Daddy" ( Brian Cox), covers for him and insists that the attempted defection was a sanctioned undercover operation gone wrong and that Joe was only acting on the orders given to him; the outcome of the defection had gone awry and was out of Joe's control. MI5 is contacted by Soviet university professor Arkady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebus (BBC Series)
''Rebus'' is a Scottish crime drama television series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by Sir Ian Rankin, and starring Richard Rankin in the titular role. The episodes are written by Gregory Burke, directed by Niall MacCormick and Fiona Walton. Burke and Ian Rankin also serve as executive producers. It was produced by Swedish production company Viaplay Group but sold to BBC Television. The series, which consists of six episodes, began airing on 17 May 2024. Synopsis The story follows Detective John Rebus as he deals with an infamous Edinburgh gangster, at the same time dealing with the aftermath of his divorce and a changing workplace. Cast and characters * Richard Rankin as John Rebus * Lucie Shorthouse as DC Siobhan Clarke, Rebus's partner * Thoren Ferguson as DI Malcolm Fox * Caroline Lee-Johnson as DI Gill Templer * Sean Buchanan as George Blantyre, Rebus's mentor * Michelle Duncan as Maggie, George's wife * Stuart Bowman as Ger Cafferty, a mobster * Noof Ous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Directors
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Place Of Birth Missing (living People)
Place may refer to: Geography * Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population ** Census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ..., a populated area lacking its own municipal government * "Place", a type of street or road name ** Often implies a dead end (street) or cul-de-sac * Place, based on the Cornish word "plas" meaning mansion * Place, a populated place, an area of human settlement ** Incorporated place (see municipal corporation), a populated area with its own municipal government * Location (geography), an area with definite or indefinite boundaries or a portion of space which has a name in an area Placenames * Placé, a commune in Pays de la Loire, Paris, France * Plače, a small settlement in Slov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
