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Protection (TV Series)
''Protection'' is a British crime drama television series made for ITV. It was released in the United States and Canada on BritBox on 29 December 2024, and was released on ITV1 and ITVX in the UK on 16 March 2025. Synopsis ''Protection'' explores the world of witness protection in the UK from the point of view of a police officer, DI Liz Nyles. Cast * Siobhan Finneran as DI (later Acting DCI) Liz Nyles * Katherine Kelly as DCI Hannah Wheatley * Nadine Marshall as DCI Amanda Kelman * Barry Ward as DS Paul Brandice * Chaneil Kular as DS Raj Kholi * David Hayman as Sid Nyles * Nichola Burley as Gemma Brandice * Akiya Henry as DS Sue Beardsley * Alec Newman as Edward Crowther * Tom Christian as DI Tommy Jardine * Jodie Price as Jasmine Nyles * Andrew Knott as DI Richard Bewley * Ace Bhatti as DCI Arun Kapoor * Tilly Kaye as Amy McLennan * Charlotte Mills as DS Rachel Gordon * Jonathan Cake as John Gibson * Ian Pirie as Assistant Chief Constable Rory Davenport * Zora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhan Finneran
Siobhan Margaret Finneran (born 27 April 1966) is an English actress. She made her screen debut in the independant film '' Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' (1986) and subsequently worked consistently in television drama including roles in ''Coronation Street'' (1989–1990), '' Clocking Off'' (2000–2002) and '' The Amazing Mrs Pritchard'' (2006). In 2005, Finneran originated the lead female role in the stage play '' On the Shore of the Wide World'' and was awarded the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Also a comedy performer, she appeared as Janice Garvey, a leading character in the first seven series of the ITV sitcom ''Benidorm'' (2007–2015). Later television roles include portraying a lawyer in the mini-series ''Unforgiven'' (2009), an embittered servant in the first three series of the costume drama ''Downton Abbey'' (2010–2012) and a recovering addict in '' Happy Valley'' (2014–2023), for which she was nominated for the 2017 British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cake
Jonathan James Cake (born 31 August 1967) is an English actor who has worked on various TV programmes and films. His notable screen roles include Jack Favell in ''Rebecca'' (1997), Oswald Mosley in '' Mosley'' (1998), Japheth in the NBC television film '' Noah's Ark'' (1999), Tyrannus in the ABC miniseries ''Empire'' (2005), and Det. Chuck Vance on the ABC drama series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2011–2012). Early life Cake was born in Worthing, Sussex. His father was a glassware importer and his mother a school administrator. He is the youngest of three boys. When he was four years old he was invited on stage during a traditional British pantomime for children. This exposure ignited his interest in the performing arts. By the age of eight Jonathan had taken drama classes and took part in plays. As a teenager he toured Britain with London's National Youth Theatre. After leaving school Cake studied English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He became a rugby player in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and Runcorn Docks, cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Runcorn is on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. It is upstream from the port of Liverpool. The Runcorn built-up area had a population of 61,145 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Runcorn was founded by Æthelflæd, Æthelflæd of Mercia in 915 AD as a fortification to guard against Viking invasion at a narrowing of the River Mersey. Under Norman rule, Runcorn fell under the Halton (barony), Barony of Halton, and an Augustinians, Augustinian abbey was established there in 1115. It remained a small, isolated settlement until the Industrial Revolution, when the extension of the Bridgewater Canal to Runcorn in 1776 established it as a Port of Runcorn, port that would link Liverpool with inland Manchester and Staffordshire. and The docks enabled the growth of industry, initially shipwrights and sandstone quarries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenhead
Birkenhead () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Merseyside in 1974. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 109,835. Birkenhead Priory and the Mersey Ferry were established in the 12th century. In the 19th century, Birkenhead expanded greatly as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution, leading to a shipbuilding firm which became Cammell Laird. A Great Float, seaport was established. As the town grew, Birkenhead Park and Hamilton Square were laid out. The first street tramway in Britain was built, followed by the Mersey Railway which connected Birkenhead and Liverpool through the world's first railway tunnel beneath a tidal estuary. In the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Informant
An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a "snitch", "rat", "canary", "stool pigeon", "stoolie", "tout" or "grass", among other terms) is a person who provides privileged information, or (usually damaging) information intended to be intimate, concealed, or secret, about a person or organization to an agency, often a government or law enforcement agency. The term is usually used within the law-enforcement world, where informants are officially known as confidential human sources (CHS), or criminal informants (CI). It can also refer pejoratively to someone who supplies information without the consent of the involved parties."The Weakest Link: The Dire Consequences of a Weak Link in the Informant Handling and Covert Operations Chain-of-Command" by M Levine. ''Law Enforcement Executive Forum'', 2009 The term is commonly used in politics, industry, entertainment, and academia. In the United States, a confidential informant or "CI" is "any individual who provides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glitch (Australian TV Series)
''Glitch'' is an Australian supernatural drama television series developed by Tony Ayres and Louise Fox, which is set in the fictional country town of Yoorana, Victoria, and follows seven people who return from the dead in perfect health but with no memory. No one in the town knows why the deceased have returned. ''Glitch'' premiered on 9 July 2015 on ABC and the first series was awarded Best Television Drama Series at the 2016 AACTA Awards. The series also won Most Outstanding Drama Series at the 2016 Logie Awards. Although the show bears remarkable similarity to the 2012 French series '' Les Revenants'', which was broadcast internationally as ''The Returned'' and adapted as an American series with that title, the writers insist ''Glitch'' was not influenced by it and "the first script was written before I even saw the French film of ''The Returned''." On 26 October 2015, ABC TV renewed the show for a second series of six episodes. The second series premiered on 14 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underbelly (TV Series)
''Underbelly'' is an Australian television true crime-drama series which first aired on the Nine Network between 13 February 2008 and 1 September 2013, before being revived on 3 April 2022. Each series is based on real-life events. There have been six full series, with season 7 being a miniseries. A 2014 series titled ''Fat Tony & Co'' is a sequel to the first series but is not branded under the ''Underbelly'' title. Synopsis The first series is based on the book ''Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld'', by journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule. The series also borrows the title 'Underbelly' from a previously successful series of 12 true crime compilations by the same authors. Three direct tie-in novels, based on the first three seasons, were also later published by the same authors as part of this series, and a separate 16th book (''Underbelly: The Golden Casket'') was published in 2010. The fourth series is based on the book ''Razor'' by crime author Larry Writer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Flanagan
Anthony Flanagan (born 11 April 1972 as Tony Bonello) is an English actor most widely known for his portrayal of policeman Tony in Channel 4's comedy-drama series '' Shameless''. Biography Flanagan was born in Stockport, Cheshire. At school he was called Anthony Bonello. After leaving Grange Comprehensive School, in Oldham, he worked as a joiner. At 16 he went to London, taking on occasional odd jobs and for a time slept on the streets. Flanagan has described this as "a very bad period".Edmonds, Richard (3 July 2001"Walking the streets to treading the boards"'' Birmingham Post'' (Retrieved: 6 March 2010) Flanagan decided to become an actor after seeing a friend of his sister perform at RADA."Screen life: Anthony Flanagan" '' |
Adam Long (British Actor)
Adam Long (born 25 April 1991) is a British actor, perhaps best known for his appearance as Lewis Whippey in '' Happy Valley'' in 2014. He also starred in ''Act of Grace'' (2008), '' Waterloo Road'' (2009), '' Spike Island'', '' The Thirteenth Tale'' (both 2013), ''Vera'' (2014), and '' The Kill Team'' (2019). Long is represented by the agency Curtis Brown. Early life and education Long attended De La Salle School, St Helens. Career In 2014, Long starred as Lewis Whippey in six episodes of the first series of '' Happy Valley''. From 2017 to 2020, Long appeared as Joe Bancroft in ITV1's '' Bancroft'', lead Sarah Parish's son. In 2019, he starred as Vincent Chapman/Victor Cook in the first series of '' The Bay''. In 2023, Long featured as DC Andrew Laptew in the ITV1 drama series, '' The Long Shadow'', based on the five-year manhunt for the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, commonly referred to as the Yorkshire Ripper. In 2024, he appeared as Capt Bernard DeMarco in ''Masters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Tyldesley
Catherine Mary Ann Tyldesley (born 17 September 1983) is an English actress, known for her roles as Iris Moss in the BBC drama '' Lilies'' (2007), Eva Price on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2011–2018, 2025–present) and Karen Norris in the BBC sitcom ''Scarborough'' (2019). She also appeared as a contestant on the seventeenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2019. Early life Catherine Mary Ann Tyldesley was born on 17 September 1983 in Walkden, Greater Manchester. She attended St. George's RC High School and Pendleton College before training at the Birmingham School of Acting (formerly the Birmingham School of Speech & Drama), graduating in 2005.Birmingham School of Acting – 2005 – Graduates – Catherine Tyldesley Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
