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The Young Poisoner's Handbook
''The Young Poisoner's Handbook'' is a 1995 black comedy-drama film based on the life of Graham Young, more commonly known as "The Teacup Murderer". It was directed by Benjamin Ross and written by Ross and Jeff Rawle. The film stars Hugh O'Conor in the lead role. Plot Graham Young has been obsessed with death and the macabre since childhood. He is highly intelligent, with an aptitude for chemistry. He also dreams of poisoning as many people as he can. In his teen years, he poisons a schoolmate—making him ill rather than killing him—in order to date a girl his schoolmate was seeing. His conversation with his date involves vivid, graphic descriptions of deadly car accidents. He also reads a comic book account of an event in which the Dutch Resistance killed a whole German army camp in the occupied Netherlands during the Second World War by poisoning their water supply with thallium. Graham is arrested at the age of 14 outside his home in Neasden after poisoning his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Ross
Benjamin Ross is a writer and film director, born in 1964, based in the United Kingdom. His most noted works are '' The Young Poisoner’s Handbook'', based on a real-life poisoning case, ''Poppy Shakespeare,'' and The Frankenstein Chronicles. His most recent work is ''Testament: The Story of Moses'', a docudrama about the life of Moses. After being released on Netflix in March of 2024, it rose to the number 1 most watched TV show on Netflix. Filmography *''My Little Eye'' (1992) *'' The Young Poisoner’s Handbook'' (1995). *''RKO 281'' (1999) *'' Guilty Hearts'' (2006) (segment: "Torte Bluma") *''Poppy Shakespeare'' (2008) *''The Frankenstein Chronicles ''The Frankenstein Chronicles'' is a British television period crime drama series that first aired on ITV Encore on 11 November 2015, designed as a re-imagining of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''. Lead acto ...'' (2015) (Season 1) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands In World War II
Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany German invasion of the Netherlands, invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of ''Fall Gelb'' (Case Yellow). On 15 May 1940, one day after the Rotterdam Blitz, bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces surrendered. The Dutch government-in-exile, Dutch government and the Dutch royal family, royal family relocated to London. Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess Juliana and her children sought refuge in Ottawa, Canada, until after the war. German occupation lasted in some areas until the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath, German surrender in May 1945. Dutch resistance, Active resistance, at first carried out by a minority, grew in the course of the occupation. The occupiers deported the Jews in the Netherlands, majority of the country's Jews to Nazi concentration camps. Due to the high variation in the survival rate of Jewish inhabitants among local regions in the Netherlands, scholars have questioned the validity of a single explanatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cox (actor)
Arthur Cox (7 April 1934 – 9 April 2021) was a character actor from Northern Ireland, who appeared in a number of roles in television and on stage during a career which spanned from the mid-1950s to 2020. Life and career Cox was born in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, in April 1934. He made his theatrical debut in Belfast during the mid-1950s, appearing in a production of '' A View from the Bridge'' by Arthur Miller. His first appearance on stage in Dublin was as Ordulto in the play, ''The Masquerade of Henry IV'' in 1955. Television Cox played Cully in the 1968 Dr Who serial The_Dominators. In 1978 he played Sir Jasper Addleton in the '' Wodehouse Playhouse'' episode 'The Smile that Wins'. During the 1980s, Cox's profile on television was raised after portraying Inspector Marriott in the drama '' Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime'', as well as starring in '' Yes Minister'' as George, the driver of cabinet minister Jim Hacker. He died on 9 April 2021, two days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Douglas
Hazel Douglas (2 November 1923 – 8 September 2016) was an English actress. She portrayed Bathilda Bagshot in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1''. Her credits stretch back to the early days of television, and include ''Sunday Night Theatre'', ''The Worst Week of My Life'', '' Eyes Down'', ''The IT Crowd'', ''Gavin & Stacey'', ''Run Fatboy Run'', ''Casualty'', ''The Royal'', ''Asylum'', ''The Bill'', '' Where the Heart Is'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', ''At Home with the Braithwaites'', ''The Liver Birds'' and '' Vicious''. Douglas spent eleven years with Brian Rix's company in the Whitehall farces, joining in 1954 for John Chapman's Dry Rot, which ran for more than 1,400 performances. These comedies were also televised, and she appeared in episodes of the one-off comedies in the series Dial RIX (1962–63), with Rix and his wife Elspet Gray. Rix used to say that Hazel had the best double-take in the business. Recent work In 2009, she played the role of Mrs Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cate Fowler
Cate Fowler (born 13 June 1949 in Tumut, New South Wales, Australia) is a theatre producer and director specialising in work for children and families and an educationalist engaged in research in the areas of children's performance and creative literacies. Awards and recognition Under Fowler's direction, Windmill was nominated for more than 28 Awards and won 15, including three national Helpmann Awards: two for Best Presentation for Children (Twinkle Twinkle Little FishWindmill Performing Arts – Past Projects and Riverland) and one for Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production (Twinkle Twinkle Little Fish). Fowler has also been the recipient of a number of awards which recognise her status in the arts community. These include the Australia Japan Arts Network (AJAN) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Sher
Sir Antony Sher (14 June 1949 – 2 December 2021) was a British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin. A two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and a five-time nominee, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and television. In 2001, he starred in his cousin Ronald Harwood's play ''Mahler's Conversion'', and said that the story of a composer sacrificing his faith for his career echoed his own identity struggles. During his 2017 "Commonwealth Tour", Prince Charles referred to Sher as his favourite actor. Sher and his partner and collaborator Gregory Doran became one of the first same-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership in the UK. Early life and education Sher was born on 14 June 1949 in Cape Town, South Africa, the son of Margery (Abramowitz) and Emmanuel Sher, who worked in business. He was a first cousin once removed of the playwright Sir Ronald Harwood. He grew up in the subu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Creed-Miles
Charlie Creed-Miles (born 24 March 1972) is an English actor. He is notable for his film roles which include ''Let Him Have It'' (1991), '' London Kills Me'' (1991), '' Loved Up'' (1995), ''The Fifth Element'' (1997), '' Nil By Mouth'' (1997), '' Essex Boys'' (2000), ''King Arthur'' (2004), '' Harry Brown'' (2009), '' Wild Bill'' (2011), ''Peaky Blinders'' (2013), '' 100 Streets'' (2016), and '' Romans'' in 2017. Early life Creed-Miles was born 24 March 1972, in Nottingham. He is a graduate of Anna Scher Theatre school in Islington. Career In 1991, he had minor appearances in ''Let Him Have It'' with Christopher Eccleston and Paul Reynolds (actor), and the film '' London Kills Me'' with Danny Dyer. In 1995, he had a main role in the BBC drama '' Loved Up'', a school information film for teenagers to show the risks of taking ecstasy. The cast included Lena Headey, Ian Hart, and Jason Isaacs, and won a BAFTA award as Best Children's Drama in 1996. In 1997, He appeared in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Sinclair (actor)
Malcolm Sinclair (born 5 June 1950) is a British stage and television actor and former President of Trade Union, Equity 2010–18 when he stood down after 4 terms and was replaced by Maureen Beattie. He played Assistant Chief Constable Freddy Fisher in the television series '' Pie in the Sky'' from 1994 to 1997. Malcolm's brother is Keith Sinclair, the former Bishop of Birkenhead. Career A former pupil at Trinity School in Croydon, and a student at the University of Hull and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Sinclair has performed with theatre companies such as the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. He has performed widely, both in Britain and internationally, in roles that have included Shakespeare (Hamlet, Malvolio), Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ibsen and Noël Coward. Sinclair appeared in the play ''Little Lies'', starring Sir John Mills, at Wyndham's Theatre, London, England, which ran from July 1983 through February 1984, written by Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Farley
Rupert Charles Farley (born 4 August 1957) is an English actor and voice over artist. He has had various roles in movies such as ''From Hell'', '' The Young Poisoner's Handbook'', ''Shakespeare in Love'' and ''Mrs Brown ''Mrs Brown'' (also released in cinemas as ''Her Majesty, Mrs Brown'') is a 1997 British drama film starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, and Gerard Butler in his film debut. It was written by Jeremy Brock and d ...''. He is probably best known for his voice acting work, which includes voice over work for television advertisements and animation. He is well known through voice work of '' Tube Mice'', some of Bernard Cornwall's Sharpe Novels, '' The Animals of Farthing Wood'' television series; he voiced several characters, including Fox, Plucky, Trey, Brat and Mr. Pheasant. References External links * 1957 births Living people 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors British male film act ... [...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] |
Vilma Hollingbery
Vilma Jean Napier Brown (21 July 1932 – 11 September 2021), known professionally as Vilma Hollingbery, was a British character actress. She appeared in various television programmes and films over a span of sixty years, and was known for her appearances as Claudia Wren in '' Psychoville'', and also appeared in ''A Touch of Frost'', the 1980 film ''Babylon'', ''Doctor Who'' and ''The Bill'', in which she appeared six times as different characters. She also portrayed Barbara in ''Motherland''. Hollingbery was married to the actor and director Michael Napier Brown, the couple had a daughter together, who also became an actress. Michael Napier Brown died in August 2016. Hollingbery died in London, on 11 September 2021, at the age of 89. Filmography References External links *Vilma Hollingberyat the British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Deam
Jack Deam (born Ian Deam; 29 June 1972) is an English actor. He used his grandfather's name for his stage name. His most notable performances have been as Marty Fisher in Channel 4 dramedy '' Shameless'', DC Ken Blackstone in the ITV crime drama '' DCI Banks'', and Inspector Mallory in the BBC detective series '' Father Brown''. Career In 1990, Deam appeared in the Granada TV soap opera '' Families'', a show about two families, one from Cheshire, the other in Australia, notably alongside Jude Law. In 1992, he appeared in a few episodes of '' Heartbeat'' as Alan Maskell and returned to the series in 2004 as Jake Clarke. He also appeared in the TV mini series ''The Life and Times of Henry Pratt''. He played the lead role as older Henry Pratt, whilst little Henry Pratt was played by Andrew Nicholson and young Henry Pratt was played by Bryan Dick. In 1993, he played Vinnie, a young soldier for the King's Fusiliers in the award-winning British drama ''Soldier Soldier''. He la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
