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Silver Street (radio Programme)
''Silver Street'' was a radio soap opera broadcast on the BBC Asian Network from 24 May 2004 to 26 March 2010. It was the first soap to be aimed at the British South Asian community, Broadcast history It was introduced in 2004 as part of the Sonia Deol show, which was replaced from 24 April 2006 by the Anita Rani show, and until 12 May 2006 each episode had an early evening repeat at 19.20–19.30 in the ''Drive'' Programme. Since 15 May 2006 the serial had been broadcast from 13.30 to 13.40 each weekday during the Nikki Bedi show. The Omnibus edition of the show was broadcast every Sunday between 16.30 and 17.00. In 2007 it became one of the first BBC Asian Network programmes to be available as a podcast and was the most downloaded show on the network. On 21 April 2008 BBC Radio Leicester began to broadcast current episodes of the show after a few weeks of highlights and compilations to introduce the stories. Synopsis Storylines focused on the lives of a primarily Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by ''horse opera'', a derogatory term for low-budget Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineeta Rishi
Vineeta Rishi is known for playing Jas Khella in the BBC One soap opera ''Doctors''. Early life Born in Bracknell, Berkshire to Indian parents, Rishi grew up in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne where she attended Walkergate Primary and Junior School and Benfield School. She then undertook a business degree at the University of Bradford in 1998. After graduation she began working as a computer programmer, including for British Airways in Newcastle Business Park. During her spare time she discovered a passion for acting in Amateur Dramatics, and then choosing to change professions took a postgraduate course at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Career Since graduation, Rishi has played PC Kapoor on ITV's ''The Last Detective'', and is regular on the BBC radio soap '' Silver Street''. In 2005 she guest-starred in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off audio drama '' UNIT: The Longest Night'' and in 2007 appeared in the television episode '' Smith and Jones''. In 2007 she toured, in the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Pop
Indian pop music, also known as I-pop or Indi-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from filmi soundtracks for Indian cinema. Indian pop is closely linked to Bollywood, Tollywood, Pollywood, Kollywood and the Asian Underground scene of the United Kingdom. The variety of South Asian music from different countries are generally known as Desi music. History Pop music originated in Pakistan with the playback singer Ahmed Rushdi's song "" in 1966 and has since then been adopted in India, Bangladesh, and lately Sri Lanka, and Nepal as a pioneering influence in their respective pop cultures. Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in various Southeast Asian cities. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Pop music began gaining popularity across the Indian subcontinent in the early 1980s, with Pakistani singers Nazia and Zoheb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghav
Raghav Mathur (born April 2, 1981), known professionally as Raghav, is a Canadian singer. He has released three studio albums: the debut '' Storyteller'' in 2004, '' Identity'' in 2009, and '' The Phoenix'' in 2012. His most known commercial success was with " Angel Eyes" which peaked at number 7 in the UK in 2005. His singles "So Confused", "Can't Get Enough" and "It Can't Be Right" also reached the UK top ten in 2004. Raghav continued to have success on Canadian charts in 2010s with subsequent hits like " So Much" with Kardinal Offishall, "Fire", "Top of the World", "Woohoo" and "Until the Sun Comes Up" (featuring Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan and US artist Nelly. In an interview with Calgary Herald in 2017, Raghav says his upbringing in Calgary plays a crucial role in his musical development. The singer was drawn to hockey and singing when he was growing up. In 2004 after releasing his first album called Storyteller, he became a global superstar and most of his fans were fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Craven
John Raymond Craven (born 16 August 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC programmes '' Newsround'', '' Countryfile'' and '' Beat the Brain''. Early life Craven was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Leeds Modern School. Craven's father was held as a prisoner of war in Japan for three years during the Second World War. He left school aged 16, and began an apprenticeship at Yorkshire Copperworks, writing for the company magazine. Career He began his professional life in print journalism as a junior reporter on a local newspaper, the ''Harrogate Advertiser'', before working for the '' Yorkshire Post'' and as a freelance correspondent and writer for national newspapers. Television He joined the BBC staff in Newcastle upon Tyne to work on local radio and television, before moving to the BBC in Bristol in 1970. From 1972 until 1989, Craven was the eponymous host of a regular children's news programme, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Abraham (actor)
John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Known for his stoic action hero persona, he is a recipient of a National Film Award along with nominations for four Filmfare Awards. Abraham has appeared in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list since 2017. After a successful modelling career, Abraham made his acting debut with the erotic thriller film '' Jism'' (2003), a sleeper hit. He rose to prominence with the action film '' Dhoom'' (2004) and the comedies ''Garam Masala'' (2005), '' Taxi No. 9211'' (2006), and '' Dostana'' (2008). He also starred in the critically acclaimed dramas ''Water'' (2005), ''Kabul Express'' (2006) and '' New York'' (2009), the last of which also turned out to be a commercial success. Despite several commercial failures in the subsequent decade, Abraham achieved success with the 2013 action thrillers ''Race 2'' and ''Shootout at Wadala'' and drama '' Madras Cafe'', and the ensemble comedies '' Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J Skillz
J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is ''jay'' (pronounced ), with a now-uncommon variant ''jy'' ."J", ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989) When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced palatal approximant (the sound of "y" in "yes") it may be called ''yod'' or ''jod'' (pronounced or ). History The letter ''J'' used to be used as the swash letter ''I'', used for the letter I at the end of Roman numerals when following another I, as in XXIIJ or xxiij instead of XXIII or xxiii for the Roman numeral twenty-three. A distinctive usage emerged in Middle High German. Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550) was the first to explicitly distinguish I and J as representing separate sounds, in his ''Ɛpistola del Trissino de le lettere nuωvamente aggiunte ne la lingua italiana'' ("Trissino's epistle ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Aron
Pal Aron (born 1971) is a British television and theatre actor from Birmingham, England, known for his roles as Adam Osman in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', Brandon Kane in ''The Bill'', Jayesh Parekh and Sonny Dhillon in ''Coronation Street''. Career Before professionally acting, he performed with the Theatre of the Unemployed in Birmingham. He was also in the comedy ''Green Wing'', and has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC. In January 2008, Aron was cast as Vijay Chohan in the daily hospital drama ''The Royal Today''. He also appeared in ''The Cup (TV series), The Cup'', a BBC Two comedy series in which he plays Dr. Kaskar, a football fanatic parent trying to live his dreams through his footballer son. In April 2012, Aron joined the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers'' as new junior cricket coach List of The Archers characters#Iftikar Shah, Iftikar "Ifty" Shah. In 2012, he appeared in the Sky1 TV comedy series ''Stella (British TV series), Stella'' as Jaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Vithana
Kim Vithana (born 4 June 1970) is a British actress. She had acted in television serials '' Family Pride'', '' Specials'' and ''Firm Friends'' when the filmmaker Gurinder Chadha took her in '' Bhaji on the Beach'' to play the role of Ginder, a girl of Punjabi origin in England. The film brought her much recognition. Vithana has worked mainly in television production. Among other roles, she is known for playing an Oriental Princess in ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' (1997), Rosie Sattar in the television series ''Holby City'' from 2003 to 2005, Mike Baldwin's feisty solicitor Frances "Frankie" Stillman (from 1997 to 1998) and Dr Bannerjee/Saira Habeeb in ''Coronation Street'', and Yvonne in '' Always and Everyone''. She has also appeared in ''Casualty'', ''EastEnders'', '' Cracker'', ''Love Hurts'', '' Dangerfield'' and ''North Square''. In 2003 she played Beth Downing in "Multistorey", a two-part episode of '' Waking the Dead''. Vithana has also worked on the '' Silver Street'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Altman (actor)
John Clarkson Stewart (born 2 March 1952), known as John Altman, is an English actor and singer. He was among the original cast members of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', playing Nick Cotton, appearing in the first episode in February 1985 and remaining on the show as a recurring character. His character was killed off in the 30th anniversary episode of the show which aired in February 2015. Altman has also appeared in several films, television series and stage productions. In 2010, he became the new frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids following the death of former frontman Gary Holton in 1985. Early life Altman was born in Reading, Berkshire, elder son of Cecil Clarkson Stewart (1921–1995), a first-class clerk at the Bank of England, and Tina Florence (1920–2016), daughter of actor Johnnie Schofield. He and his younger brother William were raised in Herne Bay, Kent. Career Altman made his acting debut in the 1979 film '' The First Great Train Robbery'' where he pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Watkins (Steps)
Ian Watkins may refer to: * Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer) Ian David Karslake Watkins (born 30 July 1977) is a Welsh former singer who was best known as the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. His career ended after he was sentenced to 29 years imprisonment in 2013 for multiple s ... (born 1977), Welsh former Lostprophets lead vocalist and convicted sex offender * Ian Watkins (rugby union) (born 1963), Wales international rugby player * Ian "H" Watkins (born 1976), Welsh performer, member of pop group Steps See also * Ian Watkin (1940–2016), New Zealand actor known for the films ''Braindead'' and ''Sleeping Dogs'' {{hndis, name=Watkins, Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Sanderson
Nikki Sanderson (born 28 March 1984) is an English actress who is known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera ''Coronation Street'', Dawn Bellamy in '' Heartbeat'' and Maxine Minniver in ''Hollyoaks''. During her time at ''Coronation Street'' and since, she has also been a television presenter on programmes such as '' CD:UK'', '' Junior Eurovision: The British Final'' and '' Ministry of Mayhem''. Career Sanderson joined ''Coronation Street'' in 1999 and left in autumn 2005, when her character left Weatherfield to become a stylist for Status Quo. Prior to this, she had appeared in children's drama ''Children's Ward'' and in 2004, the hit fitness DVD ''Coronation Street: Funk Fit''. Since leaving Coronation Street she has appeared in episodes of the BBC television series' ''Holby City'' and '' New Street Law'' alongside fellow ''Coronation Street'' alumni Chris Gascoyne and Chris Bisson. In 2006, Sanderson appeared in a touring production of '' The Vagina Mono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
