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Up All Night (The Bill)
The eighth series of ''The Bill'', a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1992. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of PC Steve Loxton and DC Mike Dashwood. Cast changes Arrivals * DC Alan Woods (Episode 56–) * WPC Polly Page (Episode 83–) * PC Gary McCann (Episode 90–) Departures * DCI Kim Reid – Promoted to Detective Superintendent at MS15 * WPC Suzanne Ford – Unexplained * WPC Delia French – Unexplained * Sgt. Alec Peters – Moved to Duty Sergeant * DC Mike Dashwood ''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London. Senior ... – Transferred to the Antiques Squad Episodes {{DEFAULTSORT:Bill series 8, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Walkinshaw
Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw (born 5 October 1974) is a British actor. He has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series ''The Bill'' and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas '' Casualty'' and '' Holby City''. He also played PE teacher Jez Diamond in BBC school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road''. Career Walkinshaw's first television appearance was at the age of 12 as an extra in '' Grange Hill'', where he stayed for a year. From 1992 to 1993 he appeared in the sitcom '' Side by Side''. He first appeared in ''The Bill'' in three episodes as a guest star in 1992, 1993 and 1995, before joining as a regular cast member in 1999. It was whilst he was acting at the Royal Court Theatre that he was spotted by one of the producers of ''The Bill'' and was encouraged to audition for the programme. He joined ''The Bill'' as PC Dale Smith, better known as "Smithy" and then left in 2001. In 2003, he returned when his character was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Glenister
Robert Lewis Glenister (born 11 March 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English actor. The son of the television director John Glenister and the older brother of actor Philip Glenister, his roles include con man Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in the BBC television series ''Hustle'' (2004–2012) and Nicholas Blake in the spy drama '' Spooks'' (2006–2010). Career Glenister had a regular role in the BBC sitcom '' Sink or Swim'', which ran from 1980 until 1982. He has also appeared in shows such as '' Soldier Soldier'', ''Only Fools and Horses'' (as Myles the millionaire garden centre owner and chairman of the SWANS committee), ''A Touch of Frost'' and '' Inspector George Gently'', as well as several films. He had a starring role in the BBC drama ''Hustle'' as Ash Morgan, a high-level con-man who has to convincingly play various roles or characters to pull off a con and lure a 'mark'. He is the only actor who has appeared in every episode of the series. He has also had regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Palmer
Philip Palmer is a British novelist and screenwriter. Originally from Port Talbot, Wales, he studied English at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1979. Writing career His first novel was ''Debatable Space'', published in January 2008 by Orbit Books in the United Kingdom and the United States. Philip Palmer describes himself as "...a glamorous hyphenate. Writer-writer-toolazytogetaproperjob-writer." Works Radio Plays For BBC Radio 4: * '' Gin and Rum'', about ghosts, 30 June 2000 * ''Fallen'', 23 January 2001 * ''The Faerie Queene'', a very free version of Spenser’s epic poem, in the outlet's Classic Serial, 30 September 2001 – 7 October 2001 * '' The King’s Coiner'', about the older-age anti-counterfeiter Isaac Newton, amid the cut-throat nature of serious fraud at the time, 23 April 2002 * ''The Travels of Marco Polo'', 18 February 2004 * ''Rubato'', about music, 11 February 2005 * ''Blame'', about industrial manslaughter, 12 August 2005 * '' Breaking Point'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Hulley
Annie Hulley (born 23 October 1955 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English television and stage actress who has appeared in the British soap-operas ''Emmerdale'' as Karen Moore and ''Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...''. Hulley wrote the play ''Dog Days'' as she was 'frustrated at the lack of roles for mature actresses'.https://theatre503.com/2014/02/meet-annie-hulley-writer-of-dog-days/ She trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Television appearances References ;Notes ;Bibliography * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hulley, Annie English soap opera actresses English television actresses Living people 1955 births Actors from Wakefield Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English film director and actor. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', as well as in television shows such as the comedy drama ''Hotel Babylon'' and the HBO series '' Band of Brothers'' and, earlier in his career, starred as Spike Thomson in the comedy drama '' Press Gang''. His earliest acting role was playing Baby Face in the 1976 film '' Bugsy Malone''. Fletcher made his directorial debut with '' Wild Bill'' (2011), and also directed '' Sunshine on Leith'' (2013) and '' Eddie the Eagle'' (2015). He replaced Bryan Singer as director of ''Bohemian Rhapsody'', a biopic about the band Queen, released in October 2018; due to DGA rules, he received executive producer credit. In 2019, he directed '' Rocketman'', a biographical film based on the life and music of performer Elton John. Career Fletcher trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. His first film part was as Baby Face in '' Bugsy Malone'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Molloy
Terry Molloy (born 4 January 1947) is an English actor. He is known predominantly for his work on radio and television, especially his portrayal of Davros, creator of the Daleks, in the BBC television science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. Career Molloy has been a member of the cast of BBC Radio 4's ''The Archers'' playing Mike Tucker since 1974 and has won awards for his work as an actor on radio. In 1980 he performed in the Radio 4 adaptation of Nicholas Monsarrat's war novel '' The Cruel Sea''. On television, Molloy is known for becoming the third actor to play the mad scientist Davros, the creator of the Daleks, in the long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who''. He appeared in the stories ''Resurrection of the Daleks'' (1984), ''Revelation of the Daleks'' (1985) and ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' (1988), becoming the first actor to play the role in different stories. Molloy was initially cast in the role by director Matthew Robinson, who had worked with him before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Polan
Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, California, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri, a ghost town * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda, Georgia, village in Abkhazia, Georgia * Linda, Bashkortostan, village in Bashkortostan, Russia * Linda Valley, Tasmania * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater) Music * ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 ** "Linda" (Miguel Bosé song), the title song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Spaull
Colin J. Spaull (born 19 May 1944) is a British actor noted for his television work. Trained at what was then the Italia Conti School, now the Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, his credits include: ''Z-Cars'' (in which he played three characters between 1964 and 1969), ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' Doctor Who'' (in the stories ''Revelation of the Daleks'', "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel"), ''Boon'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', ''Inspector Morse'', ''The Bill'' (in which he has played seven characters between 1985 and 2003), '' Casualty'' and ''Holby City''. He appeared in one episode of ''The Inbetweeners'' as Roy, Will's neighbour. Spaull started as a child actor and has a number of leading roles to his name, including that of Noddy in '' Noddy In Toyland'' (1957), Venables in '' Jennings Goes to School'' (1958), young Pip in ''Great Expectations'' (1959) and Dickon Sowerby in ''The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Bulloch
Jeremy Andrew Bulloch (16 February 1945 – 17 December 2020) was an English actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he gained recognition for originating the physical portrayal of Boba Fett in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, appearing as the character in the films ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983). Bulloch returned to the franchise for a cameo as Captain Colton in 2005's '' Revenge of the Sith''. Early life Bulloch was born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, to Aziz "Diana" (''née'' Meade) and McGregor Bulloch, an aeronautical engineer. He was the middle of three siblings, with three older half-brothers from his mother's earlier marriage. He attended St Leonard's School, Blandford Forum, Dorset, and Dorset House, Littlehampton, West Sussex, before training at the Corona Academy theatre school, London. From the age of five, he enjoyed acting and singing after a school show. He began acting at the age of ten and "appeared in everalDisn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Byfield
Trevor Mills Byfield (20 October 1943 – 11 October 2017) was a British character actor particularly well known for his roles on British television. In many of his later roles he was credited as Zig Byfield. Theatre work Prior to his work in television and film he appeared in several stage musicals under the name Ziggy Byfield. These included the 1970s production of ''Hair'', where he appeared alongside Joan Armatrading, Richard O'Brien, Paul Nicholas and Floella Benjamin. He also appeared later in Richard O’Brien's '' The Rocky Horror Show''. Television work Byfield featured in many popular British television programmes over several decades, these included ''Heartbeat'', ''EastEnders'', '' Casualty'', ''Holby City'', ''Coronation Street'', '' Family Affairs'', '' Doctors'', '' Only Fools and Horses'', '' Inspector Morse'' (as the title character in the episode "Who Killed Harry Field?"), '' One Foot in the Grave'', ''Birds of a Feather'', ''The Professionals'', '' Minder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Martin
Jo Martin (born 29 April) is a British actress. She played Natalie Crouch in the BBC One sitcom '' The Crouches'', which aired between 2003 and 2005. She joined the cast of '' Holby City'' in 2019 as neurosurgeon Max McGerry. Martin portrayed an incarnation of the Doctor known as the Fugitive Doctor in '' Doctor Who''. Early life Martin was born in Newham, London to a Jamaican mother, who died in 2015. She attended Portway Primary School and Plashet All Girls Secondary School. ''Doctor Who'' Martin first appeared in the series 12 episode " Fugitive of the Judoon", playing Ruth Clayton, a tourist guide who is later revealed to be an incarnation of the Doctor known as the Fugitive Doctor. She reprised her role in the series finale, " The Timeless Children", in the third chapter of Doctor Who: Flux, " Once, Upon Time", and in the 2022 special " The Power of the Doctor". Martin is currently set to star in ''The Fugitive Doctor Adventures'', an audio drama series focused o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
