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The Palace
''The Palace'' is a British drama television series that aired on ITV (TV network), ITV in 2008. Produced by Company Pictures for the ITV network, it was created by Tom Grieves and follows a fictional British Royal Family in the aftermath of the death of King James III and the succession of his 24-year-old son, King Richard IV, played by Rupert Evans. It also stars Jane Asher and Zoe Telford. The series was filmed in Lithuania in 2007 and broadcast from 14 January to 3 March 2008. Low viewing figures cancelled it after one series. Plot On the sudden death of King James III, his 24-year-old elder son inherits the throne and becomes Richard IV. Princess Eleanor (Sophie Winkleman), his older sister, wants the throne for herself and resents that it goes to Richard. Her Private Secretary, Major Simon Brooks (David Harewood), helps her try to discredit the new king. Richard's younger brother, Prince George (Sebastian Armesto), is a party-animal, and the youngest sister, Princess Isab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metin Hüseyin
Metin Hüseyin is a Turkish-Cypriot-United Kingdom, British television director, television and film director. Career Hüseyin's debut film, ''Tight Trousers'', was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989. In 1998 he received a Royal Television Society, Royal Television Society Award and a British Academy Television Award nomination for ''Common as Muck'', and ''The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (TV series), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' won three BAFTAs. In 2002, he directed the film ''Anita and Me (film), Anita and Me''. Hüseyin has also directed episodes of various television series, including ''The All New Alexei Sayle Show'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', ''Kingdom (2007 TV series), Kingdom'', ''Merlin (TV series), Merlin'', ''Shameless (UK TV series), Shameless'', ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander'', and ''Krypton (TV series), Krypton''. Filmography References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Ross (actor)
Hugh Ross (born 28 April 1945) is a Scottish actor, with a wide variety of British TV, film and theatre credits. He is known for his supporting roles in the films ''Trainspotting'' and '' Bronson''; and for his performances as Major Mungo Munro in the '' Sharpe'', and as Narcisse in Clive Barker’s ''Nightbreed''. Biography Career Ross was born in Glasgow, where his parents were both doctors. He was educated at ''The Glasgow Academy'', an independent school, followed by the ''University of St Andrews''. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Ross began his career in repertory all over England. He played ''Romeo'' (1971) at the Open-air Theatre in Regent’s Park; Jaques in ''As You Like It'' (1990) for the ''Royal Shakespeare Company''; and Dr Brooks in ''Lady in the Dark'' (1997) at the '' National Theatre''. In 1997, he was nominated for an '' Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical'' for his performance in Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate O'Flynn
Kate O'Flynn (born 1986) is a British actress. She is known for her performance in National Theatre's production of ''Port'' for which she received a Critics' Circle Theatre Award in 2013, as well as starring roles in plays '' A Taste of Honey'' in 2014, and '' The Glass Menagerie'' for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2017. O'Flynn currently stars in '' Everyone Else Burns'' (2023–present) and has had recurring roles in '' Landscapers'' (2021) and '' My Lady Jane'' (2024) as well as appearing in the films '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008) and '' Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2018). Education and training O'Flynn attended Manchester's Royal Exchange youth theatre as a teenager, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career O'Flynn's first professional role was in Mike Leigh's 2008 film '' Happy-Go-Lucky''. Later that year, her performance in '' The Children's Hour'' with the Royal Exchange Theatre Company won her the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Walter
Dame Harriet Mary Walter is an English actress. She has received an Olivier Award and nominations for a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, Walter was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career performing on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company in productions of ''Twelfth Night'' (1987–88) and '' Three Sisters'' (1988), for which she received the Olivier Award for Best Actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for '' Life x 3'' (2001), and '' Mary Stuart'' (2006). Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in ''Macbeth'' (1999) and ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (2006). She made her Broadway debut in the 1983 revival of the William Shakespeare play ''All's Well That Ends Well'' (1983). She returned to Broadway in '' Mary Stuart'' for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She reprised her roles of Brutus in ''Julius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thornton (actor)
James Thornton (born 31 October 1975) is an English actor and voice-over artist. He portrayed John Barton (Emmerdale), John Barton in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2009 to 2012; he previously appeared in the show in 1995. Personal life Thornton married Welsh actress Joanna Page in December 2003. They have four children. Four years before their marriage, they both appeared in the BBC David Copperfield (1999 film), adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel ''David Copperfield (novel), David Copperfield''; he as Ham Peggotty, she as Dora Spenlow. On 13 February 2010 Thornton was hit by a motorist in London and received medical treatment for leg injuries. ''Emmerdale'' producers rewrote scenes involving Thornton's character. Selected filmography *1995: ''Emmerdale'' *1998: ''Among Giants'' *1999: The Lakes (TV series), ''The Lakes'' *1999: ''David Copperfield (1999 film), David Copperfield'' *2000: ''Playing the Field'' *2001, 2003–2004: Red Cap (TV series), ''Red Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mills (British Actor)
Albert Frank Mills (11 August 192711 February 2021) was an English actor. He starred in numerous films and television series such as ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. He was best known for his television work, notably the role of Billy Williams in ''Coronation Street''. Biography Early life Mills was born in London, England, in 1927. Career During the 1970s Mills appeared as the fraudulent medium Mr Tyson in '' The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'' (1974), as chip shop proprietor Len Holmes, in '' The Sweeney'' episode "''May''" (1976) and as paedophile Reginald Barton in the Granada Television daytime series, ''Crown Court,'' the episode entitled ''"Common Sense"'' (1978). Further television appearances during the 1980s saw him appear as Commissionaire Peterson in 'The Blue Carbuncle' episode of ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' in 1984, and Reginald Crump in Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye in 1985. Also in 1984 he appeared as Harry Martin, an accountant or book keeper, employed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Jephcott
Dominic Jephcott (born 28 July 1957) is a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA-trained English actor and writer. He is known for his work in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'', ''The Beiderbecke Connection'', ''Midsomer Murders'', and in ''Holby City'' and ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', as the adulterous Doctor Alistair Taylor. Early life and education Jephcott was born on 28 July 1957 in Coventry, Warwickshire. Jephcott worked professionally as a child actor. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1975. He became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 and later worked extensively in television. Acting career Jephcott played Sir Andrew Ffoulkes in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film), The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Mount in ''Good and Bad at Games'', Reggie in ''The Jewel in the Crown (TV series), The Jewel in the Crown'', Det. Sgt. Hobson BA in ''The Beiderbecke Affair'' (later Det. Insp. Hobson PhD in ''The Beiderbecke Connection''), Capt. Sandy Ransom in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Haddock
Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zoë Walker in ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'', Max Meladze in ''The Recruit (American TV series), The Recruit'', Lucrezia Donati, Lucrezia in ''Da Vinci's Demons'', Meredith Quill in ''Guardians of the Galaxy (film), Guardians of the Galaxy'' and its sequel ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', and Viviane Wembly in ''Transformers: The Last Knight''. Early life Haddock was born in London Borough of Enfield, Enfield, London, to a reflexologist mother and a financier father. She was raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where she attended St George's School, Harpenden, St George's School. She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational Schools, London, Arts Educational School in Chiswick. Career Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot ''Plus One'', part of the Comedy Showcase 2008. In 2009, Haddock played the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Benfield
Jonathan Edmund Fulford "John" Turner (9 November 1951 – 16 June 2020), better known by his stage name John Benfield, was a British character actor. Early life and education Benfield was born in Wanstead, Essex, the son of margarine sales representative Fred Turner and his wife Joan, née White. He was educated at Loughton school, then the town's further education college; after four years as an ambulance driver in London, he studied history at the University of Nottingham, during which time he discovered a passion for acting with the drama society. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from 1976 to 1978, with there already an actor called "John Turner", he assumed the stage name "John Benfield", the surname coming from his mother's side. Career Benfield appeared in 75 television episodes or films starting in 1981 with small parts in BBC drama adaptations, such as ''The Winter's Tale'' and ''The Day of the Triffids''. Personal life Benfield lived in Oxf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', Harold Macmillan in ''The Crown'', Clement Attlee in '' A United Kingdom'', Chief Superintendent Bright in '' Endeavour'', and Major Partagaz in '' Andor''. An associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has performed numerous Shakespearean roles on stage and television. Early life and education Anton Lesser was born in Birmingham on 14 February 1952, the son of David Lesser and his wife Amelia Cohen. He is of Jewish background. He was educated at Moseley Grammar School and at the University of Liverpool, where he earned a degree in architecture in 1973. Lesser went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1974 until 1976, and on graduation in 1977 was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year. His final performance there was as Gethin Price in ''Comedians'' by Trevor Griffiths. Career Lesser was spotted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Margaret Greatrex Burton-Hill (born 17 March 1981) is an English broadcaster, author, novelist, journalist, and violinist. In her early career she also worked as an actress. In January 2020 she suffered a brain haemorrhage caused by a cerebral arteriovenous malformation and underwent emergency surgery in New York City. She continues to work on her recovery. Early life and career Burton-Hill was born in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Humphrey Burton, the BBC's first head of music and arts, and Gillian Hawser, an agent, who had previously married Robert Hill. The couple did not marry and Burton-Hill grew up, near central London, with her mother, alongside two older half-brothers. She got to know her father only in her twenties, although they became close. She held scholarships at St Paul's Girls' School and Westminster School before studying English at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where she took a "double first". Burton-Hill is also a former scholar at the Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Bottomley
Christine Bottomley (born 27 April 1979) is an English actress. Her television roles include playing Kirsty in ''EastEnders'' (2001), Melanie in '' Early Doors'' (2003–2004), Susie Ward in '' Heartbeat'' (2003), and Zoey Wyatt in '' Shameless'' (2006). Other credits include '' Massive'' (2008), '' Hope Springs'' (2009), ''Land Girls'' (2009), and ''Hush'' (2008). More recently she has starred in '' Fearless'' (2017), '' The End of the F***ing World'' (2017–2019), '' The Nest'' (2020), '' Back to Life'' (2019–2021), '' Domina'' (2021) and Sherwood (2024). Early life Christine Bottomley was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and grew up in a flat above the family's chemist shop. She went to several local youth drama groups before embarking on a course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from where she graduated in 2001. Career Following graduation, she made her on-screen debut as Kirsty in ''EastEnders'' (2001). She played a regular role from 2003–2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
