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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
''Roald Dahl's Esio Trot'', or simply ''Esio Trot'', is a British comedy drama television film directed by Dearbhla Walsh and written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, based on the 1990 novel, ''Esio Trot'', by Roald Dahl. In the film, a retired bachelor (Dustin Hoffman) falls in love with his neighbour, a widow (Judi Dench) who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband. ''Roald Dahl's Esio Trot'' debuted in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2015, on BBC One. It was seen by 7.86 million viewers, making it the ninth-most watched programme on BBC One and across all United Kingdom TV channels for the week ending 4 January 2015. Cast * Judi Dench as Mrs. Lavinia Silver * Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Henry Hoppy * James Corden as The Narrator * Richard Cordery as Mr. Pringle * Pixie Davies as Roberta * Geoffrey McGivern as the Pet Shop Owner * Jimmy Akingbola as the keen Pet Shop Owner * Lisa Hammond as Mrs. Desmond *Anna Cannings as Mrs. Court *Joseph West as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esio Trot
''Esio Trot'' is a 1990 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The title is an anadrome of "tortoise". It was the last of Dahl's books to be published in his lifetime; he died just two months later. Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), ''Esio Trot'' is the story of an aging lonely man (Mr. Hoppy), trying to make a connection with a person that he has loved from afar (his widowed neighbour, Mrs. Silver). In 1994, Monty Python star Michael Palin narrated the English language audiobook recording of the book. In 2015 it was adapted by Richard Curtis into a BBC television film, '' Roald Dahl's Esio Trot'', featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple, with James Corden narrating. Geoffrey Palmer later narrated a second English-language recording. Plot Mr. Hoppy, a shy bachelor, harbours romantic feelings for his neighbour, the widowed Mrs. Silver. One morning, Silver expresses her wish to make Alfie, her pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Akingbola
James Olatokunbo Akingbola () (born 7 April 1978) is a Nigerian-British television, theatre and film actor. He rose to fame playing PC Neil Parker in '' Holby Blue'', and subsequently Antoine Malick in its parent series ''Holby City''. He has subsequently appeared as Koji in the first series of the sitcom '' Kate & Koji'', Mick in '' Rev.'', Valentine Easmon in ''In the Long Run'', Geoffrey Thompson in '' Bel-Air'' and DC Steve Bradshaw in '' The Tower''. Early life Jimmy Akingbola was born in London to parents of the Yoruba tribe who had emigrated from Nigeria. In 1996, Akingbola started at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in Wandsworth, London. He completed their three-year, full-time acting diploma. Theatre Akingbola started his career on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in ''The Nativity'' for Bill Alexander. He continued in a production of ''Baby Doll'' at the Royal National Theatre. Next he appeared in ''Naked Justice'' by playwright John Mortimer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Moore (TV Executive)
Charlotte Alexandra Moore (born 19 June 1968)"Charlotte Moore" Companies in the UK is a British television executive who is the 's Chief Content Officer. She was appointed to this role in September 2020, having been Director of Content since early 2016 when she assumed responsibility for all of the BBC's television channels after the controller posts were abolished. Moore was Controller of from 2013 to 2016, in the position of which she was reported to be in charge of a budget of more than £1 billion. Moore has, since 2005, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrett Deems
Barrett Deems (March 1, 1914 – September 15, 1998) was an American Swing music, swing drummer from Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois. He worked in bands led by Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey, Red Norvo, and Muggsy Spanier. In ''High_Society_(1956_film), High Society'', a 1956 film, Deems performs a drum solo during a scene in the back of a bus. In addition, when Louis_Armstrong#Reviving_his_career_with_the_All_Stars, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars play "Now You Has Jazz", C. K. Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby) introduces the band members, including Deems, who performs a short drum solo. Deems was married twice. He died in September 1998 of pneumonia at age 84. His second wife, Jane Johnson resides in Momence, Illinois."Obituary; Barrett Deems"; ''The Times''; 28 September 1998, p. 23 References External links Barrett Deems page at Drummerworld [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvell Shaw
Arvell Shaw (September 15, 1923 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz double-bassist, best known for his work with Louis Armstrong. Life and career He was born on September 15, 1923, in St. Louis, Missouri. Shaw learned to play tuba in high school, but switched to bass soon after. In 1942 he worked with Fate Marable on riverboats traveling on the Mississippi River, then served in the Navy from 1942 to 1945. After his discharge he played with Armstrong in his last big band, from 1945 to 1947. Shaw and Sid Catlett then joined the Louis Armstrong All-Stars until 1950, when Shaw broke off to study music. He returned to play with Armstrong from 1952 to 1956, and performed in the 1956 musical, ''High Society''. Shaw performed with Louis Armstrong and his All Stars with Velma Middleton singing vocals for the ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The concert was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 7, 1953. Also featured that day were Roy Brown a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kyle
William Osborne Kyle (July 14, 1914 – February 23, 1966) was an American jazz pianist. He is perhaps best known as an accompanist. Biography Kyle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He began playing the piano in school and by the early 1930s worked with Lucky Millinder, Tiny Bradshaw and later the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. In 1938, he joined John Kirby (musician), John Kirby's sextet, but was drafted in 1942. After the war, he worked with Kirby's band briefly and also worked with Sy Oliver. He then spent thirteen years as a member of Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, and performed in the 1956 musical ''High Society (1956 film), High Society''. A fluent pianist with a light touch, Kyle always worked steadily. He died in Youngstown, Ohio. Kyle had few opportunities to record as a leader and none during his Armstrong years, some octet and septet sides in 1937, two songs with a quartet in 1939, and outings in 1946 with a trio and an octet. Discograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trummy Young
James "Trummy" Young (January 12, 1912 – September 10, 1984) was an American trombonist in the swing era. He established himself as a star during his 12 years performing with Louis Armstrong in Armstrong's All Stars. He had one hit with his version of "Margie", which he played and sang with Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra in 1937. During his years with Armstrong, Young modified his playing to fit Armstrong's approach to jazz. Biography Young was born in Savannah, Georgia, United States, and grew up Richmond, Virginia; he was originally a trumpeter, but by his professional debut in 1928 he had switched to trombone. From 1933 to 1937, he was a member of Earl Hines' orchestra; he then joined Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra in which he played from 1937 to 1943, scoring a hit on Decca Records with "Margie", which featured his vocal. With Sy Oliver he co-wrote " 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)", a hit for both Lunceford and Ella Fitzgerald in 1939. His other composit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall (May 15, 1901 – February 11, 1967) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Over his career, Hall worked extensively with many leading performers as both a sideman and bandleader and is possibly best known for the 1941 chamber jazz song "Profoundly Blue". Biography Early life Born in Reserve, Louisiana, United States, about 40 miles west of New Orleans on the Mississippi River, Hall and his siblings were born into a musical family. His father, Edward Blainey Hall, and mother, Caroline Duhe, had eight children, Priscilla (1893), Moretta (1895), Viola (1897), Robert (1899), Edmond (1901), Clarence (1903), Edward (1905) and Herb Hall (musician), Herbert (1907). His father, Edward, played the clarinet in the Onward Brass Band, joined by Edmond's maternal uncles, Jules Duhe on trombone, Lawrence Duhé, Lawrence Duhe on clarinet, and Edmond Duhe on guitar. The Hall brothers, Robert, Edmond, and Herbert, all became clarinetists, but Edmond was first taught guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for ''Hello, Dolly! (song), Hello, Dolly!'' in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat, ''DownBeat'' Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the French Louisiana region, the second-most populous in the Deep South, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Parish. New Orleans serves as a major port and a commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1 million, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 59th-most populous in the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for Music of New Orleans, its distincti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Phillips (musician)
Tim Phillips is co-creator of West End musical ''The Grinning Man''. It opened at the Trafalgar Studios in December 2017. He is a Canadian British composer, songwriter, and lyricist based in London, England. He has written scores for many screen productions, including the BBC Film '' Roald Dahl's Esio Trot'', HBO's ''Entourage'', the Starz series '' Shining Vale'' and '' Becoming Elizabeth'' and the hit Channel 4 series '' Shameless'', and '' Ackley Bridge''. He collaborated with PJ Harvey on the music for British Academy Television Awards-winning Apple TV+ series '' Bad Sisters''. He is Co-Artistic Director of Filter Theatre, a national and international touring company he co-founded with actors Ferdy Roberts and Oliver Dimsdale in 2003. Their productions include ''Faster'', ''Three Sisters'', ''Water'' (all at the Lyric Hammersmith), a production of Bertolt Brecht's play ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' at the National Theatre, several RSC commissions (''Silence'' and ''Twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
