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Poldark (2015 TV Series)
''Poldark'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British historical drama Television show, television series created and written by Debbie Horsfield and based on the Poldark, novel series of the same name by Winston Graham. It aired on BBC One for five series from 8 March 2015 – 26 August 2019, adapting the first seven of the twelve novels in the series, which were previously adapted by the Poldark (1975 TV series), 1975–1977 BBC television series. Set between 1781 and 1801, it stars Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, a Continental Army, British Army veteran of the American Revolutionary War, who returns to his home in Cornwall to find that his father has died, leaving his estate in ruins. The series follows his efforts to rebuild his fortune with the aid of his maid-turned-wife Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) and his relationships with his cousin Elizabeth Poldark (Heida Reed) and rival George Warleggan (Jack Farthing). The first and second series adapted two books each, whilst t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Wilde
Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 8 April 1989), known professionally as Gabriella Wilde or Gabriella Calthorpe, is an English actress and model. She has appeared in the films '' St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'' (2009), ''The Three Musketeers'' (2011), '' Carrie'' (2013), '' Endless Love'' (2014), and ''Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020). Her television work includes the ''Doctor Who'' episode " The Vampires of Venice" (2010) and the BBC historical drama series '' Poldark'' (2016–2019). Early life Wilde was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She is descended from the aristocratic Gough-Calthorpe family. Her father, businessman John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is a former chairman of the Watermark Group, and the grandson of Sir Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet. Her mother, Vanessa Mary Theresa (née Hubbard), is the former wife of socialite Sir Dai Llewellyn, 4th Baronet. Vanessa is a former model who sat for David Bailey and John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammoth Screen
Mammoth Screen Limited is a UK-based production company that was established in 2007 by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer. It produces drama for key UK broadcasters, especially ITV, and international distribution. ITV announced on 1 June 2015 that it had acquired Mammoth Screen, which is now part of ITV Studios. Productions North Korean hacking allegations In October 2017 it was reported that an upcoming drama about a British nuclear scientist taken prisoner in North Korea, commissioned by Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ... and with the working title ''Opposite Number'', had caused the production company's computer network to be targeted by North Korean hackers. The project was subsequently shelved. References External links *Mammoth Screen on I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Timmer
Damien Gerard Timmer (born 20 October 1968 in Chelsea, London) is an English Joint-Managing Director of British independent production company Mammoth Screen, which was established in 2007. He has executive produced ''Lost in Austen'', ''Wuthering Heights'', '' Bouquet of Barbed Wire'' and '' Endeavour'' for ITV, and ''Margot'', '' Blandings'', '' Remember Me'', ''Poldark'' and ''Christopher and His Kind'' for the BBC. ''Monroe'' is a new series for ITV. ''Parade's End'' is a major 5 part serial by Tom Stoppard being made for the BBC in 2011. Damien Timmer also executive produces '' Marple'', ''Poirot'' and ''Lewis'' for ITV, and executive produced ''The Prisoner'' with AMC / ITV Productions. Previously, Damien Timmer was head of Granada London Drama, where he was responsible for executive producing '' Housewife, 49'', '' If I Had You'', ''Dracula'', '' Ballet Shoes'' and Russell T Davies’ '' Casanova'', starring David Tennant, made by Red Productions Red Production Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dudley
Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genres, as a film composer, and was one of the core members of the synth-pop band Art of Noise. In 1998, Dudley won an Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for ''The Full Monty''. In addition to over twenty other film scores, in 2012 she served as music producer for the film version of ''Les Misérables'', also acting as arranger and composing some new additional music. Career Dudley was born in Chatham, Kent. She attended Eltham Hill Grammar School for Girls. She graduated with a master's in music from King's College London in 1978. Trained as a classical performer, she moved into the competitive commercial field as a session musician, where her professional relationship with Trevor Horn began. In 1982, Dudley contributed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sullivan (actor)
Peter Sullivan (born 26 July 1964) is an English film and television actor. Life and career Sullivan was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In 1982, he joined the National Youth Theatre, where he played Edmond in ''King Lear'', and then joined the Old Vic Youth Theatre playing the title role in ''Macbeth''. He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986 and then in New York under Uta Hagen at HB Studio. In 1988 he joined the Catalan performance group La Fura dels Baus and toured the world with them in their trilogy of spectacles ''Accions'', ''Suz/O/Suz'' and ''Tier Mon''. In 1990 he was asked by Deborah Warner to join the National Theatre in London to tour ''King Lear'' and ''Richard III'', directed by Richard Eyre, staying on to play in ''Napoli Millionaria'' as part of the Lyttelton Theatre company. He also worked extensively at the National Theatre Studio with Simon Usher and there formed The Actors' Group. He left the National to work with David F ... [...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] |
Tim Dutton
Tim Dutton (born 1967) is a British stage, film, and television actor. Dutton's films include '' Darkness Falls'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), The Infiltrator (2016) and ''The Detonator''. He starred in the Academy Award and BAFTA nominated movie '' Tom & Viv'' (1994) as Maurice Haigh-Wood. Dutton grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He read Law at Wolverhampton University and gained an LL.B with Honours before turning to acting. Dutton played Mark Owens in ''Soldier, Soldier'', Donna Tucker's tutor and lover (4 episodes, 1994). He had a recurring role in the Fox television series ''Ally McBeal'' as Brian Selig, a love interest of Calista Flockhart’s title character. He played D.S. Bailey for two seasons (1992-93) in "The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries." He also starred in the short-lived but critically acclaimed CBS sitcom about the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony, ''Thanks'' which Entertainment Weekly called "the funniest new sitcom of the 999–2000season," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom York (actor)
Tom York (born 13 August 1992) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Samuel "Sam" Carne in the BBC series ''Poldark'' (2017–2019) and Hero in the fantasy series ''Olympus'' (2015). Early life and education York is from Hampshire. His family moved to the Netherlands when he was five, where he took acting classes at the AATG in the Hague. He graduated from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Career Before landing the leading role in fantasy TV series ''Olympus'' in 2015'','' York featured as the teenage version of one of the main cast in the first 2 episodes of the TV series ''Tyrant'' in 2014. After Olympus, in 2016 York appeared as Mike Maddox in Endeavour, as Mitch McCordell in Midsomer Murders, as Leo Richards in Death in Paradise, and as Zac Leeson in Agatha Raisin. In 2017 he was cast as Sam Carne in the BBC hit series ''Poldark ''Poldark'' is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, initially published from 1945 to 1953 and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Whitehouse
Joshua George Whitehouse (born 27 February 1990) is an English actor, musician and artist. His films include ''Northern Soul'' (2014), ''Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (2017), and ''Valley Girl'' (2020). On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC One series ''Poldark'' (2017–2018) and the Amazon Prime series ''Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023). Early life Whitehouse is from Chester. He attended Bishop Heber High School and Queen's Park High School. Career In 2014, in his debut film, Whitehouse played the lead role as Matt in the film ''Northern Soul'' in a cast which included Steve Coogan and Ricky Tomlinson. In 2015, he starred as Hugh Armitage in the BBC series ''Poldark'', alongside Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson. In 2018, he was originally set to play an unspecified leading role in the unproduced ''Game of Thrones'' prequel series.Cooper, Gael FashingbauerJosh Whitehouse joins Naomi Watts as Game of Thrones prequel star Cnet, OCTOBER 31, 2018 He co-starred with Vanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Richardson (actor)
Harry Richardson (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian actor. After studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, he has starred in the television period series '' Doctor Thorne'' (2016), ''Poldark'' (2017–2019), and '' The Gilded Age'' (2022–present). Early life and career Richardson was born in Sydney, Australia, before moving to London at the age of two. At the age of 12, he went back to Australia for high school at Sydney Grammar School, where he discovered his love for acting, and returned to the UK when he was 18. He did a short course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before enrolling at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth in 2012 Before graduating from WAAPA in 2014, Richardson took a course with Ivana Chubbuck at the 16th Street Acting School in Melbourne. Richardson's first film was '' Looking for Grace'' in which he starred as Jamie. He auditioned for the role of Frank Gresham in the TV series '' Doctor Thorne' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Gilder
Sean Brian Gilder (born 1 March 1964) is an English stage, film and screen actor and playwright. Gilder was born in Brampton, Cumberland, England. He is best known for his portrayal of Styles on '' Hornblower'' and Paddy Maguire on '' Shameless'' from 2005 to 2010. He has appeared in ''Doctor Who'' (as the Sycorax Leader) as well as ''New Tricks'', '' Gangs of New York'', '' The Fall'' and the 2004 film, ''King Arthur''. In ''Mike Bassett: England Manager'' he was one of the journalists. According to ''The Sun'' newspaper, Gilder left ''Shameless'' after series 7 with the reason rumoured to be his bad relationship with actress Tina Malone, who played his character's on screen wife, Mimi. More recently he appeared in a recurring role in Apple TV+’s '' Slow Horses'', based on the book series by Mick Herron. Other roles In March 2008, Sean appeared as Paddy's gay twin brother Noel in ''Shameless'', however in a trick to viewers, Noel was credited as being played by Neil Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
