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Sweetpea (TV Series)
''Sweetpea'' is a British dark comedy-drama television series created by Kirstie Swain for Sky Atlantic. An adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name by CJ Skuse, it stars Ella Purnell in the lead role. The series premiered on 10 October 2024 on Sky Atlantic. In December 2024, it was renewed for a second series. Premise After enduring bullying during her school years, Rhiannon Lewis is an unassuming young woman who lives with her father and dog in the fictional English town of Carnsham, where she works a mundane job as an administrative assistant at a local newspaper. However, following her father's death, her life is upended by a series of unfortunate events, including the return of her former bully, leading Rhiannon to develop a penchant for murder. Cast and characters Main * Ella Purnell as Rhiannon Lewis, an administrative assistant working at the ''Carnsham Gazette'', often called "Sweetpea" by her boss * Nicôle Lecky as Julia Blenkingsopp, a classmate from Rhiann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isobel Waller-Bridge
__NOTOC__ Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge (born 23 April 1984) is an English composer who is known for her scores for film, television, and theatre, along with her works for electronic music and contemporary classical music. Early life and education Born Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge on 23 April 1984, she is the daughter of Theresa Mary Waller-Bridge (née Clerke), an employee of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge, founder of the electronic trading platform Tradepoint. She has two younger siblings: Jasper Waller-Bridge and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The family from which Waller-Bridge descends were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex. On her father's side, she is a descendant of the Revd Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, and a distant relative of politician and author Egerton Leigh; her maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th baronet, of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire. Isobel Waller-Bridge earned an bachelor's degree in music f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallflower (person)
A wallflower is someone with an introverted or shy personality type (or in more extreme cases, social anxiety) who will attend parties and social gatherings, but will usually distance themselves from the crowd and actively avoid being in the limelight. They are also social around friends but not strangers, though once around friends, the strangers become less impactful. The name itself derives from the eponymous plant's unusual growth pattern against a wall as a stake or in cracks and gaps in stone walls. "Wallflowers" might literally stand against a wall and simply observe others at a social gathering, rather than mingle. Connection to sociology Structural function theory Structural functionalism is a sociological theory that sees society as a number of complex parts that form a stable and functional whole. This leads to a strong and coherent family unit made of smaller parts, with the functioning family unit then going on to form the smaller parts of a wider community, society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Dowling
Alexandra Dowling (born 22 May 1990), is an English actress best known for her lead role as Queen Anne in the BBC One historical action drama series ''The Musketeers'', which is based on the characters in ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dumas. She is also known for her guest starring role as Roslin Frey in HBO's ''Game of Thrones''. Early life In 2012, Dowling graduated from Oxford School of Drama with a Diploma in Professional Acting. Career In 2012, Dowling made her television debut in "The Drawing of the Dark", the eleventh episode of the final series of the BBC fantasy drama series ''Merlin'', as a druid girl named Kara. She also appeared in the music video for "Love Is All I Got" by Feed Me and Crystal Fighters. Dowling guest starred in "The Rains of Castamere", the ninth episode of the third season of HBO's television series ''Game of Thrones'' as Roslin Frey. She also appeared in "Elephants Can Remember" in the thirteenth series of ITV's ''Agatha Christie's Poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bark-Jones
David Bark-Jones is an English actor. He has appeared in numerous film, theatre and TV productions. In 2010 he won Broadwayworld.com's Best Actor in a West End Play, for his portrayal of Richard Hannay in '' The 39 Steps''. In 2024, he appeared in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Ed Jordan. Early life David is the son of a surgeon and a JP. He attended Rugby School and Newcastle University where he read Politics and Ancient History. He also attended Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts where he was taught the Stanislavski System of acting by Sam Kogan. After graduating and whilst working professionally, he continued to study directing under Kogan at The School of the Science of Acting (now known as The Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts) as Kogan developed 'The Science of Acting' acting technique. Career His professional stage debut in 1992 was as Redpenny in '' The Doctor's Dilemma'' at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, a role believed to be based on Bark-Jones's Great-Great Uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Inspector
Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia The rank of Inspector is present in all Australian police forces except for the Northern Territory Police Force, Northern Territory. Where it exists, it is generally the next senior rank from Senior Sergeant, and is the lowest commissioned rank. Uniformed officers of this rank wear Epaulette, epaulettes with three pips, matching a Captain (land and air), Captain in the Australian Army, army. In addition to the general rank of inspector, some police forces use other ranks such as detective inspector and district inspector. Austria In Austria a similar scheme was used as in Germany. At some point the police inspector was completely removed from the list of service ranks. The current police service has an inspectors service track with ''Inspektor'' being the entry level – it is followed by ''Revierinspektor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Oliver
Ingrid Oliver (born 25 February 1977) is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act '' Watson & Oliver''. She played Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series ''Doctor Who''. Career Oliver and her comedy partner Lorna Watson met at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames. She then read Modern Languages at New College, Oxford. In September 2005, Watson and Oliver performed their first show together at the Canal Cafe Theatre in London. They took sell-out shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006 and 2007. Oliver has performed in various radio and television programmes, including ''Doc Martin'', ''The Penny Dreadfuls radio series '' The Penny Dreadfuls Present... The Brothers Faversham'' and the radio series ''Another Case of Milton Jones''. She played the part of Natalie in ''Peep Show'' on Channel 4. She appears in the film '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' as Miss Stamp, and in early 2009 could be seen in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitin Ganatra
Nitin Chandra Ganatra (born 30 June 1967) is a British actor. He is known for portraying Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'' (2007–2019), for which he won a British Soap Award. Early life Ganatra was born on 30 June 1967 in Kenya. Both sides of his family have origins in Gujarat, India, which was explored on-screen in the 2013 series of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' His great-grandfather arrived in Kenya in the late 1890s, as one of 32,000 contracted labourers to build the Uganda Railway. One of under 10,000 to stay in the country after the railway's completion, his grandfather and his father later joined the family's general trading business. After Kenya gained independence from the United Kingdom and forced the native Indian population to choose between Kenya and their British passports in 1971, Ganatra, aged 3, moved with his family to Coventry, where the family still owned a corner shop. Ganatra was educated at Coundon Court School and Community College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosting (behavior)
Ghosting, simmering and icing are colloquial terms that describe the practice of suddenly ending all communication and avoiding contact with another person without any apparent warning or explanation and ignoring any subsequent attempts to communicate. In today's digital world, ghosting is often seen as an easy escape from confrontation or emotional discomfort, facilitated by the anonymity and convenience of online platforms. The term originated in the early 2000s, typically referring to dating and romantic relationships. In the following decade, the use of the term ghosting has increased, which has been attributed to the increasing use of social media and online dating apps. The term has also expanded to refer to similar practices among friends, family members, employers and businesses. The most common cause of ghosting in a personal relationship is to avoid emotional discomfort in a relationship. Those who ghost typically seek to avoid the awkwardness or emotional strain that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. The term "dramedy" began to be used in the television industry in the 1980s. Modern television comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series, but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcom, sitcoms. History In Theatre of ancient Greece, Greek theatre, plays were considered comedies or tragedies (i.e. drama): the former being light stories with a happy ending, and the latter serious stories with a sad ending. This concept even influenced Theatre of ancient Rome, Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period. Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group, Sky Group Limited that launched in 2011 and broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel airs original British-produced dramas like ''Fortitude (TV series), Fortitude'', ''Tin Star (TV series), Tin Star'', and ''Gangs of London (TV series), Gangs of London'' but is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States. It has held the domestic rights to HBO programming since 2011, which is set to expire in early 2026, and has previously held the domestic rights to Showtime (TV network), Showtime programming from 2016 to 2021. It is exclusively available on the Sky UK, Sky satellite TV platform (including Sky Go and Now (streaming service), Now). Sky Deutschland broadcasts a Sky Atlantic (German TV channel), German-language version of the channel in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, while Sky Italia broadcasts an Sky Atlantic (Italy), Italian-language version of the channel in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
