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Prospects (TV Series)
''Prospects'' is a British television 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, il ... series written by Alan Janes and originally released on Channel 4 in 1986. The show was created by Euston Films, who were known for producing gritty dramas such as ''The Sweeney'' and ''Minder (TV series), Minder''. ''Prospects'' followed the comic exploits of two East End 'wiktionary:geezer, geezer' characters, Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince and Billy 'Bill' Pearson, played by Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell respectively, ''Prospects'' showcases the pair's trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs. Comprising 12 episodes, ''Prospects'' was delivered with a comic slant and dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the "Thatcherism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Janes
Alan Janes (born 16 May 1951) is an English writer and producer who has worked in TV, film, radio and theatre. His musical '' Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story'' (widely credited with being the first of the so-called 'jukebox musicals'),ran for over 14 years and almost 6,000 performances in London's West End, and has been on tour in the UK for 17 years. ''Buddy'' has also played Broadway, five US national tours, eight years in Germany, three years in Australia and New Zealand, and other productions around the world, leading to the show being billed as "The World's Most Successful Rock 'n' Roll Musical". Career Following his first ''Z-Cars'' episode, "Two Wise Monkeys", Janes contributed further episodes to the series, "Bit Of Business", and "Fat Freddy B.A.". He then moved with producer Ron Craddock to write the first episodes of the ground-breaking and hard-hitting hospital drama ''Angels''. Janes continued to write while working at the BBC Television Script Unit, and contributed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hartman
Billy Hartman (born 1957) is a Scottish actor, well known for playing the part of Terry Woods on ITV's ''Emmerdale'' from 1995 until his character was killed off in 2011. Career Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars Steve Halliwell and Alun Lewis, Hartman was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers, who had a UK hit single, " Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll", in November 1996. He also played a small role, Dougal MacLeod, cousin of Connor McLeod, in the film '' Highlander''. Under the name GBH, Hartman was the host of the rock 'n' roll revival television show '' Oh Boy!'' in 1979. He also starred in the comedy series '' Russ Abbot's Madhouse'' in the early 1980s. Hartman played a teenager in the 1980s American horror film '' Slaughter High''. He appeared as Isaac Talentire in the original West End production of Howard Goodall's musical '' The Hired Man''. Hartman played Billy in an episode, "Windows", of '' Minder''. In 1993, he appeared in ''The Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Hepton
Francis Bernard Heptonstall (19 October 1925 – 27 July 2018) better known by the stage name Bernard Hepton, was an English actor and theatre director. He is known for his stage work and television roles in teleplays and series. He also appeared briefly on radio and in film. Early life and education Hepton was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, Bernard senior, was an electrician, while his mother Hilda (née Berrington) was from a mill-working family. Brought up as a Catholic, he attended St Bede's Grammar School. His short-sight meant he was unable to serve in the British Army during the Second World War. He trained as an aircraft engineer and draughtsman while undertaking firewatching duties. Theatre Hepton trained at the Bradford Civic Playhouse under director Esme Church. He had extensive stage experience as an actor in repertory, especially in Scarborough and York. In 1952, he joined Birmingham Rep under Barry Jackson, later himself becoming th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Haygarth
George Anthony Haygarth (4 February 1945 – 10 March 2017) was an English television, film and theatre actor. Life and career After leaving Marlborough College, Liverpool, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully in 1963 as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully. Other jobs included psychiatric nursing and he was an amateur actor before turning professional and appearing in repertory theatre, followed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Haygarth played a milkman in ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' and made his film debut in the comedy film '' Percy'' (1971), subsequently playing many roles in police and historical dramas, as well as situation comedies. He was normally cast as a solid, reliable character with a down-to-earth attitude. From 1977 to 1981 he played PC Wilmot in Roy Clarke's series '' Rosie''. He played Milo Renfield in ''Dracula'' (1979) opposite Frank Langella, Donald Pleasence and Laurence Olivier. Haygar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hallam
John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006) was a character actor from Northern Ireland, who frequently played hard men or military types. Early life John Hallam was born, the son of a superintendent at the Port of London, in 1941 in Lisburn, County Antrim, after the family were evacuated to Northern Ireland during the Second World War. On returning to England, he boarded at St Albans School, before starting his working life in a London bank. Despite having a talent for mathematics, he said he was sacked for getting the figures right without being able to explain how he did so. As a result, he ended up selling deckchairs on the South Coast, where he eventually found acting work in repertory theatre. Career Stage After training at RADA (1962–64), Hallam began acting with Laurence Olivier's embryonic National Theatre Company, playing the Stage Door Keeper in '' Trelawny of the 'Wells''' ( Old Vic Theatre, 1965). He was seen performing on tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forgeham
John Henry George Forgeham (14 May 1941 – 10 March 2017) was an English actor known for his television work, notably the role of businessman Frank Laslett in the ITV series ''Footballers' Wives''. Early life Born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Forgeham moved to Erdington, Birmingham as a child,John Forgeham obituary '''', 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017. and trained at the (RADA) on a two-year scholarship (1962–1964) from where he graduated with a RADA Silver medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bayliss
Peter Bayliss (27 June 1922 – 29 July 2002) was an English actor. Bayliss was born in Kingston upon Thames and trained at the Italia Conti Academy and the John Gielgud Company. More than six feet tall, with a voice to match, he supplemented it with a barrage of wheezings, croakings, mutterings and, as the opera singer in ''Frontiers of Farce'' (Old Vic, 1977), garglings. In 1956 he appeared on stage in "The Matchmaker" at the Royale Theatre in New York and in 1960 he appeared in "Ross" at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in London. His 20 films ranged from '' The Red Shoes'' (1948) to '' Darling'' (1965). He acted in more than 40 television productions including ''Please Sir!'' (he played the part of Mr Dunstable, Dennis Dunstable's father), ''The Sweeney'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Lovejoy'' and ''The Bill'', plus dramas like ''Bye, Bye Columbus'' (1990), ''Merlin'' (1998) and ''The Arabian Nights'' (1999). On radio he was particularly good in Jacobean adaptations, playing cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Benfield
Jonathan Edmund Fulford "John" Turner (9 November 1951 – 16 June 2020), better known by his stage name John Benfield, was a British character actor. Early life and education Benfield was born in Wanstead, Essex, the son of margarine sales representative Fred Turner and his wife Joan, née White. He was educated at Loughton school, then the town's further education college; after four years as an ambulance driver in London, he studied history at the University of Nottingham, during which time he discovered a passion for acting with the drama society. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1976 to 1978, with there already an actor called "John Turner", he assumed the stage name "John Benfield", the surname coming from his mother's side. Career Benfield appeared in 75 television episodes or films starting in 1981 with small parts in BBC drama adaptations, such as ''The Winter's Tale'' and ''The Day of the Triffids''. Personal life Benfield lived in Oxf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Davenport
Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films '' A Man for All Seasons'' and ''Chariots of Fire'', respectively. Early life and education Davenport was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, son of Arthur Henry Davenport and Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn). His father was an engineer, educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge before being employed as an engineer for the Midland Railway, and was later a lecturer in engineering, a Fellow, and the bursar at his alma mater, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; Arthur Davenport had served for four years in the Royal Engineers during World War I, and was awarded a Military Cross. Nigel's great-uncle, Major Maury Meiklejohn, was awarded a Victoria Cross during the Second Boer War. He grew up in an academic family and was educated at St Peter's School, Seaford, Cheltenham College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Tagoe
Eddie Tagoe is a Ghanaian actor and reflexologist, probably best-known for his film career in the late 1970s and 1980s. Early life The son of Ghanaian Chieftain Asafoatshe Ayah Tagoe, Eddie Tagoe travelled to London to study reflexology prior to pursuing acting. He then received a grant from the government of Ghana to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Acting Tagoe is best-remembered for minor supporting roles in two film classics: As the hippie "Presuming Ed" in the 1987 film production of ''Withnail and I'', a role that he resumed in 2000 in a stage production of the same work; and as one of the pirates in the 1981 hit movie ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Billed only as the "Messenger Pirate", his character was sent to find Indiana Jones in advance of Nazis boarding the ship on which Jones was travelling. Initially unable to find Jones, he was instructed by the captain to look again, and immediately replied, "I found him!", pointing to Jones swimming to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treva Etienne
Treva Etienne is an English actor and filmmaker. Career Etienne guest starred in the BBC drama '' Death In Paradise'', the CBS spinoff '' Criminal Minds Beyond Borders'', and the CW fantasy/horror ''Supernatural''. He has a leading role in the indie horror movie ''Itsy Bitsy'' and was a recurring guest star for two seasons in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi drama ''Falling Skies.'' His movie roles include '' Terminator Salvation'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', ''Bad Boys II'', '' Black Hawk Down'' and ''Eyes Wide Shut''. His U.S. TV roles include ''Undercovers'', ''The Philanthropist'', ''24'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Medium'', ''Charmed'', ''Angel'' and '' Threat Matrix''. His U.S. independent movie credits include '' Masked and Anonymous'', ''Mob Rules'', ''Compulsion'', ''Green Street Hooligans II'', ''The Changeling'', ''English as a Second Language'', ''South of The Border'', ''Desert Vows'', ''Japan'' and ''Bar Room Babies''. He has produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime-time
Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to broadcast their season's nightly programming. The term ''prime-time'' is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example (in the United States), from 8:00p.m. to 11:00p.m. ( Eastern and Pacific Time) or 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. ( Central and Mountain Time). In India and some Middle Eastern countries, prime time consists of programmes that are aired on television between 8:00p.m. and 10:00p.m. local time. Asia Bangladesh In Bangladesh, the 19:00-to-22:00 time slot is known as prime time. Several national broadcasters, like Maasranga Television, Gazi TV, Channel 9, and Channel i, broadcast their prime-time shows from 20:00 to 23:00 after their primetime news at 19:00. During Islamic holidays, most of the television stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
