Sam Speed (musician)
Sam Speed may refer to: * ''Sam Speed'', a book by Batem * Sam Speed, a character from ''Sonic X''; see List of ''Sonic X'' episodes * Sam Speed, a character from ''The Catherine Tate Show''; see List of ''The Catherine Tate Show'' characters and sketches See also * Samuel Speed, the last British convict sentenced to transportation; see Convicts in Australia Between 1788 and 1868, about 162,000 convicts were transported from Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The British Government began transporting convicts overseas to American colonies in the early 18th century. When ...

Batem
Luc Collin, best known by the pen name Batem (born 6 April 1960 in Kamina, Belgian Congo) is a Belgian comics artist best known as the artist successor of André Franquin of the series '' Marsupilami''. Biography Collin started his career in the studio of colorist Vittorio Leonardo, and at S.E.P.P. (''Société d'Edition, de Presse et de Publicité''), a subsidiary company of Dupuis that specialised on audiovisual adaptations of the characters that are the property of '' Spirou'' magazine. Collin worked on several merchandising projects involving ''Shoe'', the ''Snorky'' and the ''Marsupilami''. In 1987 Franquin asked him to do the artwork of ''Marsupilami''. He has illustrated stories of the series since, starting with ''La Queue du Marsupilami'' (1987), initially working with Franquin himself and several writers, such as Greg, Yann, Fauche, Éric Adam and Dugomier. The most recent album, ''Red monster'' was published in 2008. Bibliography *'' Marsupilami'', 19 albums, wit ...
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List Of Sonic X Episodes
'' Sonic X'' is an anime series based on the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series. It originally ran consecutively on Sundays from April 6, 2003 to March 28, 2004 with a total of 52 episodes (collectively known as the Japanese "Series 1"). In Japan, episodes 53–78 ("Series 2") initially went unaired on television, becoming direct-to-video releases. Episodes 53–78 were first broadcast on TV in France and parts of Asia before they aired on UK/US television. As part of Kids Station's 2020 line-up of programming, it was announced that, as part of a tie-in promotion for the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' film, the network would finally begin broadcasting the remaining episodes in 2020. This would mark the first time that the episodes would air in any format on Japanese television. For the English dub produced by 4Kids (which aired on FOX on the Saturday morning block FoxBox, later renamed 4Kids TV from August 23, 2003 to May 6, 2006), episodes 1–52 were referred to as Seasons 1–2 ...
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List Of The Catherine Tate Show Characters And Sketches
The following characters appear in the comedy sketch series ''The Catherine Tate Show'' on BBC Two. Comedian Catherine Tate portrays all of the characters featured most prominently in the show, which she created with Derren Litten and her team of writers. Other actors who have supporting roles throughout the series include Mathew Horne and Niky Wardley. Main characters Joanie 'Nan' Taylor The foul-mouthed grandmother is an old East London woman who constantly swears at and criticises other people. She is always visited by her well-mannered grandson Jamie (played by Mathew Horne), where the visits usually start off well enough, with the Nan showing how grateful she is that her grandson has come to see her. However, things usually take a turn for the worse after she starts to make unfavourable comments about her neighbours, family, and home help visitors. Nan also appeared on ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' and the Channel 4 game show ''Deal or No Deal'', hosted by Noel Edmonds. The l ...
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John Speed
John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.S. Bendall, 'Speed, John (1551/2–1629), historian and cartographer', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (OUP 2004/2008); superseding A.F. Pollard, 'Speed, John (?1552-1629), historian and cartographer', ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (1885-1900)vol. 53 The son of a citizen and Merchant Taylor in London,"Life of John Speed", ''The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge'', July 1782p. 348(Google). he rose from his family occupation to accept the task of drawing together and revising the histories, topographies and maps of the Kingdoms of Great Britain as an exposition of the union of their monarchies in the person of King James I and VI. He accomplished this with remarkable success, with the support and assistance of the leading antiquarian scholars of his generation. He drew upon and improved the shire maps of Christopher ...
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