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The Secret Kingdom (TV Series)
''The Secret Kingdom'' is a British television series which originally aired on BBC in eight episodes between 6 May and 24 June 1960. It is an adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same title by Walter Greenwood.Baskin p.48 The plot revolves around Paula Byron, from a working class family in Salford. It was directed and produced by Chloe Gibson. All eight episodes are believed to be lost. Main cast * Maureen Pryor as Paula Byron * Anthony Newlands as Henry Waring * Anne Godfrey as Viola Byron * Sheila Manahan as Anne Byron * John Stratton as Bert Treville * Kevin Stoney as Boyo Doyle * Malcolm Keen as William Byron * Ray Brooks as Figgins * David Phethean as Dick Marlowe * Douglas Ives as Alf Briggs * Richard Davies as Rigby * Marjorie Rhodes Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Career One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Kingdom (novel)
''The Secret Kingdom'' is a 1938 novel by the British writer Walter Greenwood. Like his best-known novel ''Love on the Dole'' it is set in Salford. It portrays the working-class socialist Byron family, and particularly the eldest daughter Paula who tries to establish an independent identity after finding working a parlour maid. She encounters Bert Treville in nearby Manchester and the two begin a courtship. After his death due to heavy drinking, she brings up her son Lance as a single-mother, throwing her effort into her talented child she is vindicated when he emerges as a talented concert pianist - performing on national radio in the final scene. Adaptation In 1960 it was adapted into an eight-part BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ... television series of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Stoney
Kevin Stoney (22 January 1921 – 22 January 2008) was a British actor. He was best known for his television roles, in which he became familiar for his "portrayal of establishment types". During the Second World War, Stoney served with the Royal Air Force. On television, he appeared in three serials of the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' over a period of ten years, playing Mavic Chen in '' The Daleks' Master Plan'' (1965-66), Tobias Vaughn in '' The Invasion'' (1968) and Tyrum in '' Revenge of the Cybermen'' (1975). Stoney also appeared in two episodes of another BBC science fiction series, ''Blake's 7'', playing Councillor Joban in the episode ''Hostage'' and Ardus in the episode ''Animals''. He also played the astrologer Thrasyllus in the 1976 BBC adaptation of '' I, Claudius'', a role he had earlier played in Granada Television's 1969 series '' The Caesars''. Stoney's other credits include ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', '' The Saint'', ''Danger Man'', '' The Avenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s British Television Miniseries
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television Dramas
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts or to use the BBC's streaming service, iPlayer. The fee is set by the British government, agreed by Parliament, and is used to fund the BBC's radio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Rhodes
Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Career One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's play ''All in Good Time (play), All in Good Time''. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965. She reprised the role in the 1966 film version, titled ''The Family Way''. Steptoe and Son,"A Box In Town" 1963. She was featured singing a track "The World Is for the Young" with Stanley Holloway in the Herman's Hermits 1968 film ''Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film), Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter''. Her television appearances included ''The Army Game'' (as Edith Snudge), ''The Adventures of William Tell'' episode "The Boy Slaves" (1958), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1961–1962), the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything (Randall and Hopkirk Deceased), For the Girl Who Has Everythi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davies (Welsh Actor)
Dennis Wilfred Davies, known professionally as Richard Davies (25 January 1926 – 8 October 2015), was a Welsh actor. He was probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr. Price in the popular LWT situation comedy '' Please Sir!''. He used a broad Welsh accent for much of his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range of characters, in addition to several Welsh stereotypes. Biography Davies was born in Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, the son of a railway guard. He played Idris Hopkins in ''Coronation Street'' between 1974 and 1975, and appeared in several science-fiction series, among them '' Robert's Robots'', '' Out of the Unknown'', and a well-received performance as Burton in the 1987 ''Doctor Who'' story '' Delta and the Bannermen''. He played Mr. White in the ''Fawlty Towers'' episode " The Kipper and the Corpse" and also appeared in ''Yes Minister'', '' Wyatt's Watchdogs'', '' May to December'', '' Whoops Apocalypse'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Brooks (actor)
Raymond Michael Brooks (born 20 April 1939) is an English television and film actor. Career Early work Raymond Michael Brooks was born in Brighton, East Sussex, and began as a television actor. He appeared in the long-running ITV soap ''Coronation Street'' in 1964 as Norman Phillips. He played Terry Mills in the series '' Taxi!'' with Sid James (1963). He played small roles in British films such as '' H.M.S. Defiant'', '' Play It Cool'' and '' Some People''. Brooks rose to prominence in the UK after starring alongside Michael Crawford and Rita Tushingham in the 1965 film '' The Knack …and How to Get It''. The film, directed by Richard Lester, won the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965. Brooks followed up this success starring in the ground-breaking 1966 television drama ''Cathy Come Home''. In an interview with ''Sussex Life'', Brooks recalled: Through the 1960s, Brooks also had small roles in a number of other cult television series, including '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Keen
Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) (born Malcolm Knee; he later changed his surname to Keen) was an English actor of stage, film and television. He was sometimes credited as Malcolm Keane.Malcolm Keen at IMDb Born in , he made his stage debut in 1902 and his first film in 1916. Keen was an early collaborator with the director , starring in his silent films '' The Mountain Eagle'', '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stratton (actor)
John Wilson Stratton (7 November 1925 – 25 October 1991) was a British actor, born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, where he kept his permanent home. He is perhaps best known for his early film roles during the fifties, where he played the young apprentice parts of Ferraby and Ward opposite Jack Hawkins in both '' The Cruel Sea'' (1953) and '' The Long Arm'' (1956) respectively. He played a similar role on television in the third Quatermass serial ''Quatermass and the Pit'', essaying the role of Captain Potter opposite André Morell's Professor Bernard Quatermass. Older and less boyish by the sixties, he emerged as character actor of some range, playing numerous roles in many television programmes of the decade including the part of alcoholic journalist Fred Blane in '' It's Dark Outside''. Other TV appearances include ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' The Avengers'', ''Armchair Theatre'', ''The Man in Room 17'', '' Public Eye'', ''Mr. Rose'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Sherlock Holmes'' (playing Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
