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Partygate (film)
''Partygate'' is a British satirical political docudrama. It is a fictionalised dramatisation of the political scandal dubbed "Partygate" in British politics during the prime ministerial government of Boris Johnson. It mixes contemporary news footage with dramatisations of parties in Downing Street during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. It was broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 October 2023. Synopsis ''Partygate'' is a political satire covering the story of 10 Downing Street gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. It included fictionalised dramatisations of Downing Street parties interwoven with archive news footage and documentary interviews. Many of the dramatisations were based on Sue Gray, Baroness Gray of Tottenham, Sue Gray's Partygate#Cabinet Office inquiry, Partygate report and the Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson, Commons Privileges Committee investigation. Characters of Special adviser (UK), spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. The term "dramedy" began to be used in the television industry in the 1980s. Modern television comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series, but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcom, sitcoms. History In Theatre of ancient Greece, Greek theatre, plays were considered comedies or tragedies (i.e. drama): the former being light stories with a happy ending, and the latter serious stories with a sad ending. This concept even influenced Theatre of ancient Rome, Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period. Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Parkinson
Craig Parkinson (born 11 March 1976) is an English actor and podcaster. He has played Shaun in the E4 series '' Misfits'', twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the ITV series ''Whitechapel'', and DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan in ''Line of Duty''. He has also acted in several independent films, including '' Control'', '' Soulboy'', '' The Unloved'' and ''Four Lions''. Early life Parkinson was born on 11 March 1976 in Blackpool, Lancashire. He began acting at an early age in school plays. He studied at Blackpool and The Fylde College before moving to London aged 17 to attend the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Acting career Parkinson's early roles were small parts in long-running British television series such as ''Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series), Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''The Bill'', and ''Holby City''. He made his film debut in '' Control'' (2007), a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in which he played the role of Tony Wilson. He starred in the 2008 independent film ''The Taxidermi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Battrick
Naomi Faye Battrick (born 11 April 1991) is an English actress. Career Battrick was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Her first television appearance was in a guest role on ''The Bill'' as Miranda Roscoe. She subsequently won the part of 15-year-old band member Toyah Swann in the 2009 CBBC series ''My Almost Famous Family'', for which she is predominantly known, starring alongside Dominique Moore and Rakie Ayola. It revolved around a family band who were part of a Talk show, chat show, and ended in November 2009. Battrick then made guest and recurring appearances on television shows including ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' and as Grace Jacobs in ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'', for which she is also predominantly known. She has also appeared in films, including the 2012 thriller (genre), thriller ''Blood (2012 film), Blood'' as Miriam Fairburn. In January 2014, she joined the cast of BBC One school drama ''Waterloo Road (TV series), Waterloo Road'' where she appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Orr-Ewing
Alice Josephine Orr-Ewing (born 7 July 1989) is a British actress. Early life Orr-Ewing was born in Hammersmith, London, the third child of the Hon. Robert James Orr-Ewing and Susannah (''née'' Bodley Scott), and is the granddaughter of the Conservative politician Ian Orr-Ewing.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3028 She was educated at Heathfield School, Ascot. Career She had a small part in the 2007 film ''Atonement'' before taking up a place at drama school at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2008 to 2011. Within two years of leaving LAMDA she had appeared in two feature films and two television series. She starred in the 2012 British film ''The Scapegoat'', an adaptation of the 1957 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. She also appeared in the last episode of ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', Mike Leigh's '' Mr. Turner'', a biopic of the life of the painter J. M. W. Turne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Nixon
Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985) is a Welsh actress. Nixon is known for her role as Sophy Hutton in the BBC One period drama '' Cranford'', and appearances in various films such as '' Wild Child'' and '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging''. She also starred as Josie Jones in the Channel 4 comedy-drama '' Fresh Meat'' and as Sarah Pearson in the BBC Two comedy ''Hebburn''. Early life and education Born in Bristol to Welsh parents, Nixon and her six brothers were raised in Ynysybwl near Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School. After high school, Nixon trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff alongside Tom Cullen and Aneurin Barnard. Before her graduation in 2007, she signed to Universal Studios after appearing in a college production of ''The Comedy of Errors''. She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre of Wales. Career Nixon's career began in 2007, when she starred as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Williams-Walker
Dame Michelle Williams-Walker , known as Shelley Williams-Walker, is a senior advisor to Boris Johnson. She is a former Special adviser and was head of operations for Johnson when he was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In January 2022 ''The Daily Telegraph'' described a gathering held in 10 Downing Street on 16 April 2021 while indoor social gatherings were forbidden because of the COVID-19 pandemic, at which "Shelley Williams-Walker ... was in charge of the music at points, according to one eye-witness", and after which she was reportedly nicknamed "DJ SWW". In October 2022 she became the first director of The Office of Boris Johnson Ltd, but was succeeded in November 2022 by Ann Sindall. Williams-Walker was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in Johnson's Resignation Honours in June 2023, for political and public service. In the 2023 Channel 4 docudrama ''Partygate'', she was played by Alice Lowe Alice Eva Lowe (born 3 April 1977)Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Lowe
Alice Eva Lowe (born 3 April 1977)England & Wales births 1837 – 2006 is an English actress, writer, director, and comedian. She has appeared as Dr. Haynes in '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' and Madeleine Wool/Liz Asher in ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace''. She wrote, directed, and starred in the 2016 film '' Prevenge'' and starred in and co-wrote the 2012 film ''Sightseers''. She also starred in the educational children's television series ''Horrible Histories''. Early life Lowe was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England. She attended Kenilworth School and graduated from King's College, Cambridge, where she studied classics. At university she became involved in theatre and comedy. Career Lowe began her career in surreal experimental theatre shows including ''City Haunts'', ''Snowbound'' and ''Progress in Flying Machines'' co-devising and performed along with colleagues such as Robert Webb and David Mitchell. Lowe worked under the directorship of Paul King, who has since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Mark Sedwill
Mark Philip Sedwill, Baron Sedwill of Sherborne, (born 21 October 1964) is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the United Kingdom National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2020. He was previously the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan in 2010. He was the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from February 2013 to April 2017. Early life and education Sedwill was born in Ealing. He attended Bourne Grammar School in Bourne, Lincolnshire, becoming the head boy. He went to the University of St Andrews, where he took a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in economics; later, he gained a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in economics from St Edmund Hall, Oxford. While at St Andrews, Sedwill joined the Royal Marines Reserve. Career Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Calf
Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor. He studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He had recurring roles in the television medical drama ''Holby City'', as Michael Beauchamp, and ''New Tricks'' as DAC Robert Strickland. He has also worked in theatre, where his credits include productions of '' The Madness of George III'' with the National Theatre and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''The false servant'' at the National Theatre and ''Rock'n Roll'' at the Duke of York's Theatre. He was nominated as best actor in the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2008 for his work in ''Uncle Vanya'' at the Gate Theatre. He was featured in ''King Charles III'' on Broadway in 2015. Career He made his television debut in the 1982 ''Doctor Who'' episode '' The Visitation'', he returned to the series 35 years later in the 2017 episode " Empress of Mars". Also in 1982, he landed the role of Digby Geste in a television adaptation of ''Beau Geste''. His other te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen MacNamara
Helen MacNamara is a British former civil servant, who served as the Deputy Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Office from 2020 to 2021. She had previously worked as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet from January 2019 and was Director General for Propriety and Ethics in 2018. Previous to this, she was the Director General for Housing and Planning in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. She worked for Jeremy Heywood in the Cabinet Secretariat from 2013 to 2016. As a Director in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport she worked on the London 2012 Olympic bid and staging of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Earlier in her career, she worked as principal Private Secretary to Tessa Jowell and was responsible for setting up the Leveson Inquiry into British media ethics and the subsequent cross-party response. Early life and education MacNamara read history at Clare College, Cambridge. Before joining the Civil Service, she was a new media entrepreneur. Civil Service c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Ritchie
Charlotte Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Alison Cooper in ''Ghosts'', Oregon in '' Fresh Meat'', Hannah French in ''Siblings'', Alison in '' Dead Pixels'', Barbara Gilbert in the BBC drama ''Call the Midwife'', George Lawson in '' Feel Good'' and Kate Lockwood in ''You''. She was a member of the classical crossover group All Angels. Early life Ritchie was born in Clapham, London, on 29 August 1989. She was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, and joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of ''Red Hunter'' in 2005. She gained a degree in English and drama at the University of Bristol while filming ''Fresh Meat'' in her final year. Career In 2004, Ritchie played a lead role in a short film entitled '' The Open Doors'' with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''. She also appeared in ''The Pierglass'' at the Young Pleasance Theatre in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Johnson
Caroline Louise Beavan Johnson (' Symonds; born 17 March 1988) is an English media consultant and is married to Boris Johnson. She is the daughter of Matthew Symonds, co-founder of ''The Independent.'' Symonds worked as a Conservative Party media official and an environmental activist, and remains a senior advisor to the ocean conservation charity Oceana, and is a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation. She began an affair with Johnson, then Foreign Secretary, in 2018 while he was still married to his second wife, Marina Wheeler. In July 2019, Johnson became Prime Minister and both he and Symonds officially moved into the flat above 11 Downing Street. She was the first unmarried partner of a prime minister to reside at Downing Street. On 29 February 2020, Symonds and Johnson announced that they had become engaged in late 2019. Symonds married Johnson in 2021. Early life and education Caroline Louise Beavan Symonds was born on 17 March 1988 to Matthew Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
