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Psychobitches
''Psychobitches'' is a Sky Arts British sketch comedy show directed by Jeremy Dyson, in which famous women from history and fiction seek help from a psychologist (played by Rebecca Front). Broadcast history ''Psychobitches'' was originally aired as a one-off pilot in 2012, as part of the Sky Arts ''Playhouse Presents'' self-contained TV plays. The pilot was originally aired on 21 June 2012 as episode 11 of series one of ''Playhouse Presents'' and lasted 30 minutes. After the successful pilot, a five-part series was released in 2013 during series two of ''Playhouse Presents'' (episodes 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14). Following the success of the first series, a full six-episode series was commissioned by Sky Arts as its own entity and was aired from 25 November 2014 with a double bill. Regular cast *Rebecca Front as The Therapist *Sharon Horgan as various roles *Samantha Spiro as various roles *Frances Barber as various roles *Selina Griffiths as various roles *Katy Brand as various rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse Presents
''Playhouse Presents'' is an anthology series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The second series began airing in April 2013. A third season began airing 1 May 2014. Sky Arts announced that they were ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, ''Nixon’s The One''. They said the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Richard Nixon, Nixon and Henry Goodman as Henry Kissinger, Kissinger, were slated to return for the series run, which was to be filmed in September 2012. The series was scheduled to broadcast in 2013. The four-part adaptation of ''A Young Doctor's Notebook (TV series), A Young Doctor's Notebook'' starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe was also broadcast as under the ''Playhouse Presents'' banner in December 2012. It became the most successful series in the history of Sky Arts and a second series was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Front
Rebecca Louise Front (born 16 May 1964) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for '' The Thick of It'' (2009–2012).Jennifer Lipma"Bafta for Jewish actress Rebecca Front" ''The Jewish Chronicle''. 7 June 2010 She is also known for her work in numerous other British comedies, including the radio show '' On The Hour'' (1992), '' The Day Today'' (1994), '' Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge'' (1994), '' Time Gentlemen Please'' (2000–2002), sketch show '' Big Train'' (2002), and '' Nighty Night'' (2004–2005). Front has also been seen in a number of dramatic roles, including Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in '' Lewis'' (2006–2014), Mrs. Bennet in '' Death Comes to Pemberley'' (2013), Mrs. Landau in '' The Eichmann Show'' (2015), Vera in ''Humans'' (2015), and '' Death in Paradise'' (2019). Her theatre credits include the musicals ''Company'' and '' The Fix'' at the Donmar Warehouse, direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Horgan
Sharon Lorencia Horgan (born ) is an Irish actress, writer, director, producer, and comedian. She is best known for creating and starring in the comedy series '' Pulling'' (2006–2009), '' Catastrophe'' (2015–2019), and '' Bad Sisters'' (2022–present). She also created the comedy series ''Divorce'' (2016–2019), ''Motherland'' (2016–2022), and '' Shining Vale'' (2022–2023). Horgan has appeared in films, such as '' Valiant'' (2005), '' Imagine Me & You'' (2005), '' Death of a Superhero'' (2011), '' Man Up'' (2015), '' Game Night'' (2018), '' Military Wives'' (2019), '' Dating Amber'' (2020), ''Together'' (2021), '' Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' (2021), and '' The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'' (2022). Horgan won the 2008 British Comedy Award for Best TV Actress for ''Pulling'', while the show's 2009 hour-long final episode won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Drama. A seven-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Tate
Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC Two, BBC sketch comedy series ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actress, International Emmy Award and seven British Academy Television Awards, BAFTAs. Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who), Christmas special of the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'', and reprised her role for the Doctor Who (series 4), fourth series in 2008,Tate to be Doctor's companion . BBC News, 3 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2007. and the 60th anniversary Doctor Who (2023 specials), episodes in 2023. Following the success of ''The Catherine Tate Show'', Tate starred as Joanie Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Davis
Julia Davis (born August 1966) is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. She is known for writing and starring in the comedies Human Remains (TV series), ''Human Remains'' (2000) and ''Nighty Night'' (2004–2005). She later worked on the comedies ''Hunderby'' (2012–2015), ''Camping (British TV series), Camping'' (2016), and ''Sally4Ever'' (2018) which she also directed. A nine-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won 2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards, Best Comedy Writing for ''Hunderby'' in 2013 and the 2018 British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy for ''Sally4Ever''. She has also received two RTS Awards and three British Comedy Awards. In addition to acting in her own works, she has appeared in a variety of other British television comedies, most notably portraying List of Gavin & Stacey characters#Dawn Sutcliffe, Dawn Sutcliffe in ''Gavin & Stacey'' (2007–2009, 2019, 2024). Her film roles include ''Love Actually'' (2003), ''Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Spiro
Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress and singer. She played Barbara Windsor in the stage play '' Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick'' and the television films '' Cor, Blimey!'' and '' Babs'', D.I. Vivien Friend in '' M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team'', Melessa Tarly in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', and Maureen Groff in ''Sex Education''. She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards. Background Born in Mill Hill, London, England, Spiro grew up in Radlett, Hertfordshire. She is Jewish. Spiro decided to be an actress at the age of ten after seeing a production of '' Androcles and the Lion'' at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. She joined the National Youth Theatre and later trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Spiro attended Bancroft's School from 1982 to 1985 and subsequently returned in 2016 for an Arts & Drama masterclass Spiro spoke about how her time at Bancroft's had fuelled her enthusiasm for a career in the Arts. Spiro marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selina Griffiths
Selina Jane Griffiths (born 1969) is a British actress mostly known for her performances in sitcoms. She played Pauline Maltby in the ITV comedy series ''Benidorm''. She is the daughter of Annette Crosbie. Early life Selina Griffiths is the daughter of Annette Crosbie and Michael Griffiths. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and has appeared in several plays. Having graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama, she made her professional stage debut at London's Lyric Theatre in ''The Way of the World'' alongside Barbara Flynn, with whom she appeared in television's '' Cranford''. Career Griffiths has appeared in many television programmes, including '' Doctor Finlay'' and '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' and playing Janet in '' The Smoking Room''. In autumn 2007 she co-starred with Deborah Findlay in the BBC1 costume drama series '' Cranford'' playing Miss Caroline Tomkinson. In January 2011 she appeared as a frightened passenger in the BBC1 comedy seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as '' Mr. Bean'' and '' The Vicar of Dibley''. The present-day company was founded in 1993 from the merger of Bennett-Jones' Tiger Television and Paul Sommers' Aspect Film & Television. It has also produced television dramas such as '' Murphy's Law'' and '' Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'', and in October 2006, its drama series ''Robin Hood'' began showing on BBC One. They also produced the American reality television series '' Damage Control'' for MTV, and the animated children's series '' Charlie and Lola'', which was based on the books written by Lauren Child. Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgana Robinson
Morgana Robinson is an Australian-born British comedian, impressionist, writer and actress. She has appeared in her comedy sketch programme '' The Morgana Show'', ''Morgana Robinson's The Agency'', '' House of Fools'' and '' Very Important People''. Early life Robinson was born in Shepparton, Victoria, in Australia to parents working as a nurse and a paramedic. Her family moved to the United Kingdom when she was three. She was primarily raised by her mother and spent much of her childhood sofa surfing. She attended Benenden School in Kent. Her father was adopted, and her schooling at Benenden was paid for by her father's biological parents after he reconnected with them during her childhood. She studied sculpture at City and Guilds in London, earning a 2:2. On her father's side, Robinson has four elder half-siblings, one of whom is Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of the punk rock band the Distillers and alternative rock band Spinnerette. They first met as adul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Demri-Burns
Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in '' Cardinal Burns'' (2012–2014) and '' Slow Horses'' (2022). He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' (2013), Viktor in the action comedy film '' The Spy Who Dumped Me'' (2018), and Crazy Cedric in the comedy film '' Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans'' (2019). In television, he appeared in shows as Julian in '' Stath Lets Flats'', Will_5000 in '' Sick Note'', Simon in '' GameFace'', Daniel in '' Turn Up Charlie'', and Voltaire in '' The Great''. Early life Demri-Burns was born in Lancaster, Lancashire on 11 July 1978. He attended Elliott School, Putney, Putney Heath, southwest London (1989–1996). He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a degree in acting. Career Demri-Burns started his acting career when he played a minor character in the short film ''Nightswimming'' (2003) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Of Arc
Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France. Joan was born to a propertied peasant family at Domrémy-la-Pucelle, Domrémy in northeast France. In 1428, she requested to be taken to Charles VII, later testifying that she was guided by visions from the archangel Michael, Margaret the Virgin, Saint Margaret, and Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine to help him save France from English domination. Convinced of her devotion and purity, Charles sent Joan, who was about seventeen years old, to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief army. She arrived at the city in April 1429, wielding her banner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: ''Adam Bede'' (1859), ''The Mill on the Floss'' (1860), ''Silas Marner'' (1861), ''Romola'' (1862–1863), ''Felix Holt, the Radical'' (1866), ''Middlemarch'' (1871–1872) and ''Daniel Deronda'' (1876). Like Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, she emerged from provincial England; most of her works are set there. Her works are known for their literary realism, realism, psychological fiction, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside. ''Middlemarch'' was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people"Woolf, Virginia. "George Eliot." ''The Common Reader''. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1925. pp. 166–176. and by Martin Amis an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
