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The Royal Today
''The Royal Today'' is a British medical drama, and a spin-off of the similarly themed drama, ''The Royal''. The concept is that whilst ''The Royal'' is set in the late 1960s, ''The Royal Today'' featured the same hospital in the present day, with a new set of characters working in the same location. Each episode followed the events of a single day, and the show was broadcast daily (except for the weekends), so the series could be said to progress in real time. The first series of 50 half-hour episodes began on 7 January 2008 on the ITV network airing from 4 pm-4.30 pm. Although there were a number of running storylines, the series generally eschewed the use of cliffhangers. The series was axed in March 2008 after poor ratings, on an average of 1.175 million viewers. Cast and characters Setting There are two separate blocks at St. Luke's in Bradford used for shooting ''The Royal'' and ''The Royal Today''. One of the previously unused blocks has undergone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming goes beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. The longest running prime-time medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is ''General Hospital'', running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the ''Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937–1947), starring a number of actors in the eponymous role, and Lionel Barrymore throughout the series.) ''Medic (TV series), Medic'', which featured Richard Boone, ran two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Carver (actress)
Caroline Carver (born 1976) is an English actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for roles such as Princess Jessica in the TV film ''The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns'' (1999), Ingrid in ''The Aryan Couple (2004 film), The Aryan Couple'' (2004), and Sandy in ''My First Wedding (2006 film), My First Wedding'' (2006). Career Carver played the young adult Hattie in the film ''Tom's Midnight Garden (film), Tom's Midnight Garden'' (1999) based on the book of the same name, alongside Anthony Way and Joan Plowright. Early film work also includes ''The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns'' (1999). Carver's television work has ranged from costume drama, such as ''Sharpe's Peril''; modern drama, including ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'', ''Jonathan Creek'' and ''Rosemary & Thyme''; to medical drama in the shape of ''Holby City'' and ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. She won a Royal Television Society Best Actress Award for her performance in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matron
Matron is the job title of a very senior or the chief nurse in a hospital in several countries, including the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries and former colonies. Etymology The chief nurse, in other words the person in charge of nursing in a hospital and the head of the nursing staff, is also known as the Chief Nursing officer or Chief Nursing Executive, senior nursing officer, matron, nursing officer, or clinical nurse manager in UK English; the head nurse or director of nursing in US English, and the nursing superintendent or matron in Indian English, among other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. In England, matrons today "have powers over budgets, catering and cleaning as well as being in charge of nurses and doctors" and "have the powers to withhold payments from catering and cleaning services if they don't think they are giving the best service to the NHS." Historically, matrons supervised the hospital as a whole but today, they are in charge of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Bracknell
Alison Rosalind Bracknell (12 July 1964 – 15 September 2019), known professionally as Leah Bracknell, was an English actress who played the role of Zoe Tate in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (1989–2005), for which she was nominated for the 2002 National Television Award for Most Popular Actress and won the 2006 British Soap Award for Best Exit. She was also a qualified teacher with the British School of Yoga and designed and produced a jewellery line. Early life Born in Westminster, London, Bracknell was the daughter of English television director David Ian Bracknell (1932–1987) and Chinese-Malaysian actress Li-Er Hwang. Her parents met while filming '' The World of Suzie Wong'' in Hong Kong in 1959. David was an assistant director and Li-Er played the part of "Wednesday Lu" in the film. The adopted name "Leah" is an anglicization of her mother's name "Li-Er". Bracknell grew up in London and Oxford and spent a year in New Zealand and Fiji. Career Bracknell first appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radiology
Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but today it includes all imaging modalities. This includes technologies that use no ionizing electromagnetic radiation, such as medical ultrasound, ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as others that do use radiation, such as x-ray computed tomography, computed tomography (CT), fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET). Interventional radiology is the performance of usually invasiveness of surgical procedures, minimally invasive medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies such as those mentioned above. The modern practice of radiology involves a team of several different healthcare professionals. A radiologist, who is a medical doctor with specialized post-graduate tr ... [...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] |
Lisa Davina Phillip
Lisa Davina Phillip is a British actress and singer. Phillip began acting in her early teens, when she appeared in various productions for local theatre group Second Wave Centre For Youth Arts. She then studied Drama, Media and Popular Culture at University College Northampton, and went on to train as an actress at the Academy Drama School in London, where she was the recipient of the ''Stage'' Scholarship. Radio In 2003, she was a runner-up for the BBC’s Norman Beaton Fellowship. This led to radio work, including Mrs Wilkes in ''A Kind of Home: James Baldwin in Paris'' (alongside Ronald Pickup), and readings of Alice Walker and Tony White for BBC Radio 4’s ''Open Book''. Other roles include Sylvia in ''Madame Tempy'' and Dolly McPherson in ''Maya Angelou’s A Song Flung up To Heaven'' part of ''The Amazing Maya Angelou'', winner of 'Outstanding Contribution' at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020. Other voiceover work includes the lead role of teenage prostitute Macy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaesthetist
Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. A physician specialized in anesthesiology is called an anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist, or anaesthetist, depending on the country. In some countries, the terms are synonymous, while in other countries, they refer to different positions and ''anesthetist'' is only used for non-physicians, such as nurse anesthetists. The core element of the specialty is the prevention and mitigation of pain and distress using various anesthetic agents, as well as the monitoring and maintenance of a patient's vital functions throughout the perioperative period. Since the 19th century, anesthesiology has developed from an experimental area with non-specialist practitioners using novel, untested drugs and techniques into what is now a hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libby Davison
Elizabeth "Libby" Davison (born 22 August 1966) is an English actress who is best known for playing DI Liz Rawton in ''The Bill'' from 1996 to 1999. She made her TV debut as Gloria, the fitness teacher in series 7 and 8 of '' Byker Grove'', (1995–6). She has also appeared in '' Our Friends in the North'', ''Holby City'', '' Doctors'' and '' The Royal Today''. She joined Hollyoaks as Rose Townsend on 28 June 2010 in a recurring role. She left the show on 6 August 2010. She has three children and lives in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, Libby English television actresses English soap opera actresses 1966 births Living people Actors from Durham, England Actresses from County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Huison
Steve Huison (born 2 December 1962) is a British actor who is mostly seen on television and occasionally in films. He is best known for his roles as “Lomper” in the film ''The Full Monty'' (1997), Steve Greengrass in the Victoria Wood situation comedy series '' Dinnerladies'', and as Eddie Windass in long-running soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Personal life Huison was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He trained at the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, London. As of 2016, he was in living in Robin Hood's Bay with his wife, Theresa. Career Acting In film, Huison is best known for his role as Lomper in ''The Full Monty'' (1997). He also appeared in The Navigators (2001) directed by Ken Loach. On television, he has played character roles in numerous television series including ''Casualty'', '' Where the Heart Is'', '' Dinnerladies'', '' Heartbeat'', '' The Royle Family'', '' Scott & Bailey'', and the post-apocalyptic ITV drama aerial, '' The Last Train'' (1999, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter (carrier)
A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects or cargo for others. The range of services conducted by porters is extensive, from shuttling luggage aboard a train (a railroad porter) to bearing heavy burdens at altitude in inclement weather on multi-month mountaineering expeditions. They can carry items on their backs ( backpack) or on their heads. The word "porter" derives from the Latin ''portare'' (to carry). The use of humans to transport cargo dates to the ancient world, prior to domesticating animals and development of the wheel. Historically it remained prevalent in areas where slavery was permitted, and exists today where modern forms of mechanical conveyance are impractical or impossible, such as in mountainous terrain, or thick jungle or forest cover. Over time, slavery diminished and technology advanced, but the role of porter for specialized transporting services remains strong in the 21st century. Examples include bellhops at hotels, redcaps a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Lolis
Jon or Leonidas Lolis is an Albanian/Greek actor who is most noted for his role of Aleksander Malota in British Channel 4 soap ''Hollyoaks''. He played the estranged husband of Jacqui McQueen who fell in love with her younger sister Carmel. Jon made his TV debut in the 6-part BBC1 drama ''Rough Diamond'' in which he played bad boy JP. After Hollyoaks he went on to star as a regular in a new soap called ''The Royal Today'', a modern-day spin-off of ''The Royal'' broadcast on ITV in 2008. He played porter Kristaps on the show. The same year saw the character of Aleksander return on ''Hollyoaks'' for a brief storyline. In 2009, Jon was a guest star on prime time hospital drama ''Casualty'' (BBC1). He played Bluto, the rebellious brother of a Serbian contractor. He then went on to lead the cast of a new pilot comedy called ''The 370'' playing Pavel, the driver of the bus in which the comedy was set in. Jon's next role was in the critically acclaimed 6-part drama '' Casualty 1909'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
