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The Wyvern Mystery (novel)
''The Wyvern Mystery'' is a 2000 BBC TV miniseries directed by Alex Pillai and starring Naomi Watts and Derek Jacobi. The TV series is based on Sheridan Le Fanu's 1869 novel. Cast *Naomi Watts as Alice *Derek Jacobi as Squire *Iain Glen as Charles *Jack Davenport as Harry *Aisling O'Sullivan Aisling O'Sullivan (born in Tralee, County Kerry) is an Irish people, Irish actress. Career O'Sullivan attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and joined the Abbey Theatre in 1991. Theatre In 2011 and 2012, she toured Ireland with Druid, ... as Vrau * Elaine Collins as Dulcie * Ellie Haddington as Mrs Tarnley External links * BBC television dramas 2000 British television series debuts 2000 British television series endings 2000s British drama television series 2000s British mystery television series 2000s British television miniseries British English-language television shows Films based on works by Sheridan Le Fanu Television shows based on Irish novels Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (; 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), popularly known as J. S. Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic literature, mystery novels, and horror fiction. Considered by critics to be one of the greatest ghost story writers of the Victorian era, his works were central to the development of the genre during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sullivan, Jack, "Le Fanu, Sheridan". In Sullivan, ed., '' The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural (1986)''. New York: Viking. pp. 257–62. Le Fanu was a key figure in the dark romanticism movement, and M. R. James described him as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".Briggs, Julia (1986). "James, M(ontague) R(hodes)". In Sullivan, Jack, ed. '' The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural''. New York: Viking. pp. 233–35. He is best remembered for the locked-room mystery '' Uncle Silas'' (1864), the historical novel '' The House by the Churchyard'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Works By Sheridan Le Fanu
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British English-language Television Shows
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2000s British Television Miniseries
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television Dramas
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David Pirie
David Pirie is a British screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. As a screenwriter, he is known for his noirish original thrillers, classic adaptations and period gothic pieces. In 1998, he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial for his adaptation of Wilkie Collins's 1859 novel '' The Woman in White'' into " The Woman in White" (BBC, 1997). His first book, '' A Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema 1946–1972'' (1973), was the first book-length survey of the British horror film. He has written several novels, including the ''Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes'' trilogy which includes ''The Patient's Eyes'' (2002), ''The Night Calls'' (2003), and ''The Dark Water'' (2006). Screenwriting Pirie's work for TV and film includes the New York TV Festival award-winning ''Rainy Day Women'' (1984), described by Mark Lawson in ''The Guardian'' as "one of the neglected masterpieces of British TV." His three-part ''Never Come Back'' (BBC, 1990) – an adapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Haddington
Ellie Haddington (born 17 February 1955 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish actress with a career in both TV and film. Early life and education Haddington was born in Aberdeen. She trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 1975 to 1977. Career Haddington appeared in 101 episodes of ''Coronation Street'' as Josie Clarke from 1995 to 1996. Haddington's other TV credits include '' Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', '' Life Begins'', '' Foyle's War'' (as Hilda Pierce), '' Endeavour'', '' A&E'', '' Cracker'', '' Cutting It'', '' Holby City'', '' Wire in the Blood'', '' Midsomer Murders'', '' The Musketeers'', '' Taggart'', '' Scott & Bailey'', '' Bad Girls'', '' Guilt'', '' New Tricks'' - and ''The Bill'', in which she played two different roles, the first in 1997 and the second in 2007. She later appeared as Professor Docherty in the third-season finale of ''Doctor Who'', entitled " Last of the Time Lords". In 1997 she played Joan Braithwaite in “Closing Ranks,” the fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Collins
Margaret Elaine Collins (born 21 April 1958) is a Scottish actress and producer. Career Collins made her acting debut in 1975, appearing in a guest role in the series ''Lord Peter Wimsey''. Her most prominent roles include films such as '' Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992), ''Mrs Brown'' (1997), '' The Wyvern Mystery'' (2000) and television shows ''City Lights'' (1984–1987), '' Selling Hitler'' (1991), '' Psychos'' (1999). Since the 2000s, Collins prefers to work behind the camera. She was an associate producer on the 2001 drama film '' Strictly Sinatra''. She worked as a script editor on the detective series ''A Touch of Frost'' from 2008 to 2010. In 2011, she became a producer and executive producer at ITV Studios, and helped to create the crime mystery ''Vera''. Collins joined BBC Drama in 2014 as a creative director, where she was responsible for developing and producing first three series of the crime drama ''Shetland''. In 2017, she founded film production company Tod P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
