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Hammersmith
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Hammersmith is a district in west London, located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is bordered by Shepherds Bush to the north, Kensington to the east, Chiswick to the west and it is linked by Hammersmith Bridge to Barnes in the southwest. The area is one of west Londons key commercial and employment centres and it is a major transport hub for west London, with two London Underground stations and a bus station at Hammersmith Broadway. In the early 1660s, Hammersmiths first parish church, which later became St Pauls, was built by Sir Nicholas Crispe who ran the brickworks in Hammersmith and it contained a monument to Crispe as well as a bronze bust of King Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur. In 1696 Sir Samuel Morland was buried there, the church was completely rebuilt in 1883, but the monument and bust were transferred to the new church. The Hammersmith Suspension Bridge, designed by William Tierney Clark, was built across the Thames in 1827, in 1984–1985 the bridge received structural support, and between 1997 and 2000 the bridge underwent major strengthening work. In 1745, two Scots, James Lee and Lewis Kennedy, established the Vineyard Nursery, over six acres devoted to landscaping plants, during the next hundred and fifty years the nursery introduced many new plants to England, including fuchsia and the standard rose tree. Major industrial sites included the Osram lamp factory at Brook Green, during both World Wars, Waring & Gillows furniture factory, in Cambridge Grove, became the site of aircraft manufacture. Hammersmith is located at the confluence of a key arterial route out of central London with several local feeder roads and a bridge over the Thames. The focal point of the district is the centre located at this confluence, which houses a shopping centre, bus station, an Underground station. Stretching about 750m westwards from this centre is King Street, Hammersmiths main shopping street. Named after John King, Bishop of London, it contains a shopping centre, many small shops, the Town Hall, the Lyric Theatre, a cinema. King Street is supplemented by other shops along Shepherds Bush Road to the north, Hammersmiths office activity takes place mainly to the eastern side of its centre, along Hammersmith Road and in the Ark, an office complex to the south of the flyover which traverses the area. There are two NHS hospitals in Hammersmith - Charing Cross Hospital to the south on Fulham Palace Road, Charing Cross Hospital is a large multi-disciplinary hospital with accident & emergency and teaching departments run by the Imperial College School of Medicine. The Ark office building, designed by British architect Ralph Erskine, Hammersmith Bridge Road Surgery was designed by Guy Greenfield. 22 St Peters Square the former Royal Chiswick Laundry and Island Records HQ converted to architects studios and it has a Hammersmith Society Conservation award plaque and has been included in tours in Architecture Week. Riverside Studios is a cinema, performance space, bar and cafe, riverside Studios was formerly BBC studios used for TV productions. The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre is just off King Street, Hammersmith Apollo concert hall and theatre is just south of the gyratory
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British nationality law
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British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom which concerns citizenship and other categories of British nationality. The law is due to the United Kingdoms historical status as an imperial power. Some thought the single Imperial status of British subject as increasingly inadequate to deal with a Commonwealth with independent member states. The British Nationality Act 1948 established the status of Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, the national citizenship of the United Kingdom and colonies on 1 January 1949. Until the early 1960s there was little difference, if any, in UK law between the rights of CUKCs and other British subjects, all of whom had the right at any time to enter and live in the UK. Independence Acts, passed when the colonies were granted independence. In general, these provisions withdrew the status of CUKC from anyone who became citizens of the independent country. Exceptions were sometimes made in cases where the colonies did not become independent, the principal British nationality law now in force is the British Nationality Act 1981, which established the current system of multiple categories of British nationality, viz. British citizens, British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British Nationals, British subjects, only British citizens and certain Commonwealth citizens have the automatic right of abode in the UK. The 1981 Act ceased to recognise Commonwealth citizens as British subjects, British subjects connected with former British India lose British nationality if they acquire any other. There are currently six classes of British national, British citizen British citizens usually hold this status through a connection with the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. British citizenship is the most common type of British nationality, other rights can vary according to how the British citizenship was acquired. In particular there are restrictions for British citizens by descent transmitting British citizenship to children born outside the UK and these restrictions do not apply to British citizens otherwise than by descent. British Overseas Territories citizen BOTC is the form of British nationality held by connection with a British Overseas Territory and it is possible to hold BOTC and British citizenship simultaneously. Nearly all are now also British citizens as a result of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, the four residual categories are expected to become extinct with the passage of time. They can be passed to only in exceptional circumstances, e. g. if the child would otherwise be stateless. There is consequently little provision for the acquisition of these classes of nationality by people who do not already have them, British Overseas citizen In general, most BOCs are CUKCs who did not qualify for British citizenship or British Dependent Territories citizenship. This is fairly uncommon, most CUKCs lost their CUKC status upon independence, in 1997, BDTCs with a connection to Hong Kong became BOCs after they did not register as British Nationals and would become stateless after the withdrawal of BDTC status from Hong Kong residents
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St Catherine's College, Oxford
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St Catherines College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera, which translates as, the new, the college was founded by the historian Alan Bullock, who went on to become the first master of the college, and later Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. As of 2006, the college had a financial endowment of £53m. The college traces its descent from the Delegacy of Non-Collegiate Students, nonetheless, the social role of a college was re-established by the Delegacys students, meeting as St Catherines Club, which was named after its meeting place in a hall on Catte Street. The club was recognised by the University in 1931 as St Catherines Society. It was thus developing the characteristics of a college, and in 1956 the Delegates decided to formalise this change in status, by 1960 Sir Alan Bullock raised a further £1,000,000 with invaluable assistance from two industrial notables, Sir Alan Wilson and Sir Hugh Beaver. After a total cost of £2.5 million, the college opened in 1962 to male students, in 1974 St Catz was one of the first mens colleges to admit women as full members, the others being Brasenose, Jesus College, Hertford and Wadham. The college is situated towards the east of Oxford, on the bank of the Cherwell river and its striking buildings in glass and concrete by the Danish architect Arne Jacobsen marry modern materials with a traditional layout around a quadrangle. Jacobsens designs went further than just the fabric of the buildings, with cutlery, furniture, the dining hall is notable for its Cumberland slate floor. The original college buildings received a Grade I listing on 30 March 1993, the St Catherines Christmas carol concert has since been held in Harris Manchester Colleges chapel. The college has a bell tower however, it is visible since no college building is more than three storeys high. An extra floor was planned for most accommodation blocks, but due to regulations concerning safe building on marshland. There are also additional purpose-built conference facilities with lecture theatres, meeting rooms and bar, the dining hall, which seats 350 diners, has the largest capacity of any Oxford college. The majority of St Catherines buildings are in the form of staircases that open directly onto the quad outside, there is little indoor space in the college and St Catherines favours a minimalist, rather austere environment, though still comfortable. Student rooms are light and spacious, notable for their curtain wall glazing, prior to this, all undergraduates had the experience of living off-campus for their second year. These new staircases effectively form a quad, which is largely used to provide accommodation for conferences during the breaks between academic terms. The college celebrates its patron saint each year with a special Catz Night dinner, every three years the college also holds a ball, usually off site due to the problem of securing the colleges perimeter sufficiently for insurance purposes. The most recent off-site ball was held was 9 February 2008 at Heythrop Park, on 12 February 2011, the latest incarnation of the Catz Ball was held on-site
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Rebecca (1997 miniseries)
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Rebecca is a 1997 British/German television serial directed by Jim OBrien. The teleplay by Arthur Hopcraft is based on the 1938 novel of the name by Daphne du Maurier. The serial was filmed for Carlton Television by Portman Productions in association with WGBH and it was broadcast in the United States as a presentation of Masterpiece Theatre on PBS. When Mrs. Van Hopper announces plans to return to New York City, Max proposes to the girl, there a large household staff is supervised by Mrs. The new Mrs. de Winter feels overwhelmed by the vast manor, and Mrs. Danvers does nothing to put her at ease, although she finds a friend in Frank Crawley, who oversees the estate. The young brides discomfort with her new lifestyle isnt helped by the fact the memory of Rebecca has a hold on Manderley and all of its inhabitants. Maxs sister Beatrice and brother-in-law Giles convince him to revive his custom of hosting an annual ball at the estate. Mrs. Danvers suggests Mrs. de Winter replicate a dress worn by an ancestor in a portrait hanging in the gallery. The girl complies, unaware the same costume was worn by Rebecca to much acclaim shortly before her death the previous year, when Max sees her descend the staircase just before the arrival of their guests, he furiously demands she change into a different dress. In the early morning hours after the ball, Mrs. Danvers openly displays her contempt for the second Mrs. de Winter by taking her on a tour of Rebeccas bedroom, which she has maintained as a shrine. Her manipulations are interrupted by a signal from a ship that has run onto the reef just off the coast. Divers hired to investigate damage to the hull of the ship discover the remains of Rebeccas boat with a body in the locked cabin. When it is raised, the body is identified as that of Rebecca by her jewelry and dress, Max confesses to his bride he strangled Rebecca in the beach cottage when she taunted him with the news that she was pregnant and that the child wasnt his. A subsequent inquest concludes with a verdict of suicide, but Rebeccas cousin Jack Favell is unconvinced and he has a note from Rebecca urging him to join her at the beach cottage on the night she died because she had something important to tell him. Jack reveals he was Rebeccas lover and suspects she was pregnant with his child and he attempts to blackmail Max, who refuses his demands. A notation in Rebeccas appointment book leads them to a doctor she visited on the day she died and he reveals that Rebecca was riddled with cancer and had only months to live, thus supporting the verdict of suicide. Max realizes she intentionally misled him into believing she was expecting another child to spur him to kill her in a murderous rage. Upon returning to Manderley, Max and his wife discover the estate is in flames, Max races upstairs to rescue the woman from Rebeccas bedroom
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Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)
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Randall & Hopkirk is a British television series, produced by Working Title Television for BBC One, written and produced by Charlie Higson. Two series were commissioned and were broadcast in 2000 and 2001 with the episode airing 18 March 2000. In keeping with the series, in the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation. Randall is the only living main character who is able to see him although occasionally other characters can, the remake paid much more attention to where Hopkirk went when he wasn’t on Earth than the original and introduced Limbo, a place where he could meet other ghosts. It also introduced the character Wyvern, a mentor who helps Hopkirk hone his powers, introduces him to other ghosts, two series were made, the first in 1999 and the second in 2001. The show was produced by Charlie Higson, who directed some episodes. Writers for the show include Gareth Roberts, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson, Paul Whitehouse, after discovering that the rights had been bought by WWTV, Reeves and Mortimer showed a strong interest in the two lead roles. After being offered the roles, the pair suggested Charlie Higson as writer, Reeves and Mortimer are both fans of the original series, with Reeves citing Marty Hopkirk as the inspiration behind his all-white outfit in the pilot episode of Vic Reeves Big Night Out. Reeves, Mortimer and Higson’s connections helped to draw in many cameos and guest stars from the world and beyond. Guest stars include Hugh Laurie, Derek Jacobi, Simon Pegg, Mark Gatiss, Charles Dance, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Reece Shearsmith, many episodes include story lines or mentions that pay homage to the original series. Kenneth Cope, who played the original Marty Hopkirk, was asked to cameo, the series was shot in 16,9 widescreen. However, the Region 2 &4 DVD of Series 1 was released in a pan and scan 4,3 format only, the Series 2 DVD is coded for Regions 2 -6 and is in the original aspect ratio. The first print of the cover of the Series 1 VHS, a soundtrack album to the series was released by Island Records in 2000. The shows theme, which plays over the titles of the series, was written by David Arnold but was not included on the soundtrack album. Incidental music for the show was written by Murray Gold who also wrote various stings, an original song, My Body May Die, was written for the show by Pulp and featured The Swingle Singers. This song became associated with Martys character when he was onscreen, a vocal version of the theme sung by Nina Persson of The Cardigans was also released in 2000 and featured in the episode Revenge of the Bog People. The vocal version was written as a duet, with Reeves to sing with Persson. While not featuring on the theme, a bonus track sung by Reeves was included on the single
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Silent Witness
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Silent Witness is a British television crime drama series, produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery and he later went on to create the hit series New Tricks, with writer Roy Mitchell. Since 1996, twenty series of the programme have been broadcast, Amanda Burton originally starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan, before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since, the series has featured more of an ensemble cast, currently consisting of Emilia Fox, David Caves, Liz Carr, twenty years after its inception, Silent Witness continues to achieve good audience ratings, with the last series drawing in an average of nine million viewers. The original series was based on Professor Helen Whitwell, a forensic pathologist based in Sheffield, the programme originally followed the activities of pathologist Sam Ryan, played by Amanda Burton. However, Burtons character departed early in the eighth series, a new character, Dr Nikki Alexander, was introduced to the team in the eighth series. She is of assistance that she overcomes Leos reluctance and, with Harrys support, is offered. During the fifteenth series, Dr. Cunningham leaves to accept a position in New York City, subsequently, he is replaced by forensics expert Jack Hodgson, and his assistant Clarissa Mullery. During the sixteenth series, Dr. Dalton is killed in an explosion, at the start of the seventeenth series, his replacement, Dr. Thomas Chamberlain, is introduced to the team. Although the show focuses heavily on areas of pathology, the police also have a presence in each case. During latter series of the show, detectives and investigators tend to differ from episode to episode, however, during the early years of the show, several characters appeared regularly to investigate each case. The first three series were set in Cambridge and this changed to London from the start of the fourth series, following Sam as she took up an academic position. Each series is made up of a series of two-part stories. The first nine series typically featured eight episodes, increased to ten episodes from the series onwards. In 1998, writer John Milne received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the series episode Blood, Sweat. In the United States, the series airs during Mystery Monday on BBC America, the series airs in Norway under the name Tause vitner on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK and in Sweden on TV4 under the name Tyst vittne. Both the Norwegian and Swedish titles are direct translations, the theme music featured in the series is entitled Silencium, and is performed by John Harle. The arrangement, for Chamber Orchestra and soprano solo, was first performed as part of the Canterbury Festival on 22 October 2011
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Merlin (2008 TV series)
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Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television programme created by Julian Jones, Jake Michie, Julian Murphy, and Johnny Capps, starring Colin Morgan in the title role. It was broadcast on BBC One from 20 September 2008 to 24 December 2012 for a total of 65 episodes, the show is loosely based on the Arthurian legends of the young wizard Merlin and his relationship with King Arthur, but it differs from traditional versions. The show was influenced by the US drama series Smallville about the years of Superman. The show was picked up by the BBC in 2006 after unsuccessful attempts, the series premiered in 2008 to mixed reviews but good ratings which improved as the series went on, and proved popular on the BBCs digital catch-up service iPlayer. It was shown in the United States on NBC, though it moved to the cable network Syfy. It is a mainstay in both Netflix US and UK, Merlin is a reimagining of the legend in which the future King Arthur and Merlin are young contemporaries. Arthurs father Uther Pendragon has banned magic in Camelot, its use punishable by death, Arthur grows from a young, self-absorbed boy to the mighty king in the legends, and Merlin develops into his colossal role in creating the powerful Camelot. The series was popular and very well received by the public. It was responsible for bringing much of the young cast to international prominence, in 2012, the shows producers announced that its fifth series would be its last, with a two-part finale on 24 December 2012. Merlin still holds a major following, years after the airing of the show. Merlin is a warlock who arrives in the kingdom of Camelot after his mother arranges for him to stay with the court physician. He discovers that the king, Uther Pendragon, outlawed magic twenty years earlier in an event known as the Great Purge, when Merlin meets Arthur, he believes that he is an arrogant bully and Arthur, likewise, has a less than stellar opinion of Merlin. After saving the princes life Merlin becomes his servant and the two begin to respect and trust one another, Merlin eventually becomes close friends with Arthur, and another servant named Guinevere. But when Uthers actions eventually cause his ward Morgana to turn against Camelot, Merlin must work together with the Once and Future King to save Albion. Colin Morgan as Merlin, Arthurs servant and Gaius ward, who must secretly develop his magical gifts under the gaze of kings Uther and Arthur, although Merlin is accused of sorcery several times during the run of the series, only Gaius and Lancelot are aware of his magic. Merlin also has an alter-ego, Dragoon the Great, who is considered a criminal by both Uther and Arthur, and inspires profound fear in Morgana, who recognises him as Emrys, her prophetic nemesis. Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon, the prince and later King of Camelot, additionally, he welcomes commoners Lancelot, Gwaine, Mordred, and Percival as knights, and falls in love with Gwen, a mere serving girl. Most importantly, he comes to regard his servant Merlin as a friend and confidant
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Jared Harris
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He has also had significant supporting roles in films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows, Lincoln and Allied. Harris was born in London, one of three sons of Irish actor Richard Harris, and his first wife, Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His younger brother is actor Jamie Harris, his brother is director Damian Harris. Harris earned a BFA degree from Duke University in 1983, Harris began his film career as director of an unfinished feature-length film for Duke Universitys Freewater Films named Darkmoor in 1983. His first film appearance as an actor was in The Rachel Papers in 1989 and he played the role of the aged Will Robinson in the movie adaptation of the television series Lost in Space. Harris played Dr. Charles Ashford in Resident Evil, Apocalypse, Benmont Tench in Jim Jarmuschs Dead Man, Other notable roles include King Henry VIII in the first film adaptation of the novel The Other Boleyn Girl. He also portrayed Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol, in 1998 he played Vladimir in the black comedy drama film Happiness written and directed by Todd Solondz. He played the gruff Captain Anderson in the BBC2 adaptation of To the Ends of the Earth, Mac McGrath in the movie Mr. Deeds, Eamon Quinn on the FX series The Riches, and David Robert Jones on Fringe. One of his recent film roles was Ulysses S. Grant in the Steven Spielberg-directed Lincoln. He played Lane Pryce in Mad Men from 2009 until 2012 and returned to the series to direct the 11th episode of season 7 and he also portrayed King George VI in the early episodes of The Crown. Harris married Jacqueline Goldenberg in 1989, they divorced in the early 1990s, on 16 July 2005, Harris married actress Emilia Fox, daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David, and filed for divorce in January 2009, the divorce was finalised in June 2010. Harris married Allegra Riggio, a designer and TV host. Jared Harris at the Internet Movie Database Jared Harris at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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Jeremy Gilley
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Jeremy Gilley is an English actor, filmmaker and founder of the nonprofit organisation Peace One Day. Born in 1969, Gilley spent his years in Southampton. Gilley was educated at Millfield School, a independent school in the village of Street in Somerset. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of 17, succubus television film with Barry Foster, Lynsey Baxter, Pamela Salem Following a decade of professional acting, in 1994 Gilley started a film making company, P. U. R. E. In 1998, Gilley began to make the Peace One Day documentary and this goal was reached in 2001. Gilley organised two concerts at Brixton Academy, London, on 21 September 2002 and 2003, in 2004, the Peace One Day documentary premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival, then the BBC aired the documentary in September of the same year. On the other side of the Atlantic in 2005, Angelina Jolie, Gilley produced and filmed The Day After Peace, in association with the BBC. The film documents polio vaccinations on 21 September 2007 in Afghanistan, in May 2008 Jeremy Gilley received the award Campaigner of the Year. On 21 September 2010, the Board of the Carnegie Foundation announced that Peace One Day, Gilley was in a relationship with actress Emilia Fox with whom he has a daughter, Rose. In May 2016 Gilley was arrested on suspicion of rape and was released on bail. Peace One Day, official site Jeremy Gilley at the Internet Movie Database Jeremy Gilleys work at lookthestars. com Jeremy Gilley at TED One day of peace
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Edward Fox (actor)
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Edward Charles Morice Fox, OBE is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the part of the assassin, known only as the Jackal. He portrayed King Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson, Fox was born in Chelsea, London, the son of Robin Fox, a theatrical agent, and Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, an actress and writer. He is the brother of actor James Fox and film producer Robert Fox. His paternal great-grandfather was industrialist and inventor Samson Fox, and his grandmother was Hilda Hanbury. His maternal grandfather was dramatist Frederick Lonsdale, and his grandmother was the daughter of football player and stockbroker Charles Morice. Fox was educated at Harrow School in northwest London and served as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, Fox made his theatrical début in 1958, and his first film appearance was as an extra in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. He also had a part as a waiter in This Sporting Life. Throughout the 1960s he worked mostly on stage, including a turn as Hamlet, in the late 1960s and early 1970s he established himself with roles in major British films including Oh. What a Lovely War, Battle of Britain and The Go-Between, in The Go-Between, he played the part of Lord Hugh Trimingham, for which he won a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor. Fox won the role, beating out contenders such as Roger Moore. He also starred in Force 10 from Navarone, with Robert Shaw and he portrayed King Edward VIII in the television drama Edward & Mrs. Simpson. In the film Gandhi, Fox portrayed Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, responsible for the Amritsar massacre in India and he then appeared as M in the unofficial Bond film Never Say Never Again, a remake of Thunderball. He also appeared in The Bounty and Wild Geese II both opposite Laurence Olivier, and in The Importance of Being Earnest, Nicholas Nickleby, Fox has consolidated his reputation with regular appearances on stage in Londons West End. He was seen in Four Quartets, a set of four poems by T. S. Eliot accompanied by the music of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Christine Croshaw. In 2010, Fox performed a show, An Evening with Anthony Trollope. In 2013 he replaced Robert Hardy in the role of Winston Churchill in the premiere of The Audience, for his role as Viscount Trimingham in The Go-Between, he won Best Supporting Actor award at the following years British Academy Film Awards. For his role as Lieutenant General Horrocks in A Bridge Too Far, in 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to theatre and British cinema
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Roman Polanski
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Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Born in Paris, his Polish-Jewish parents moved the back to Poland in 1937. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany a few later, in 1939. Polanskis first feature-length film, Knife in the Water, made in Poland, was nominated for a United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, along with two BAFTAs, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme dOr of the Cannes Film Festival in France, in the United Kingdom he directed three films, beginning with Repulsion. In 1968 he moved to the United States and cemented his status by directing the horror film Rosemarys Baby. A turning point in his life took place in 1969, when his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, following her death, Polanski returned to Europe and eventually continued directing. He made Macbeth in England and back in Hollywood, Chinatown, in 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with the rape of a 13-year-old model during a photo session. He subsequently pled guilty to the charge of statutory rape and he was released from prison after serving 42 days, and as part of an apparent plea bargain, was to be put on probation. When he learned that the judge changed his mind and planned to reject the plea bargain, in Europe, Polanski continued to make films, including Tess, starring aspiring actress, Nastassja Kinski. It won Frances César Awards for Best Picture and Best Director and he later produced and directed The Pianist, starring Adrien Brody, in a World War II true story drama about a Jewish-Polish musician. The film won three Academy Awards including Best Director, along with numerous international awards and he also directed Oliver Twist, a story which parallels his own life as a young boy attempting to triumph over adversity. Polanski was born in Paris, the son of Bula and Ryszard Polański, a painter and manufacturer of sculptures and his mother had a daughter, Annette, by her previous husband. Annette managed to survive Auschwitz, where her mother died, Polańskis father was Jewish and originally from Poland, Polańskis mother, born in Russia, had been raised Roman Catholic and was of half-Jewish ancestry. Polański, influenced by his education in the Peoples Republic of Poland, said Im an atheist in an interview about his film, Rosemarys Baby. The Polański family moved back to the Polish city of Kraków in 1936, Kraków was soon occupied by the German forces, and Nazi racial purity laws made the Polańskis targets of persecution, forcing them into the Kraków Ghetto, along with thousands of the citys Jews. Around the age of six, he attended school for only a few weeks, until all the Jewish children were abruptly expelled. That initiative was followed by requiring all Jewish children over the age of twelve to wear white armbands with a blue Star of David imprinted for visual identification
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The Pianist (2002 film)
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The Pianist is a 2002 historical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist, a World War II memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist, the film was a co-production between France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. The Pianist met with significant critical praise and received multiple awards and it was awarded the Palme dOr at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003 and seven French Césars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman, a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germanys invasion of Poland. Hoping for a victory, Szpilman rejoices with his family at home when learning that Britain. But the promised aid does not come, fighting lasts for just over a month, with both the German and Soviet armies invading Poland at the same time on different fronts. Warsaw becomes part of the Nazi-controlled General Government, Jews are soon prevented from working or owning businesses, and are also made to wear blue Star of David armbands. By November 1940, Szpilman and his family are forced from their home into the overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto, people starve, the guards are brutal, and starving children are abandoned in the streets. On one occasion, the Szpilmans witness the SS kill a family in an apartment across the street during a round-up. On 16 August 1942, Szpilman and his family are transported to Treblinka extermination camp as part of Operation Reinhard, but a friend in the Jewish Ghetto Police recognises Władysław at the Umschlagplatz and separates him from his family. He becomes a slave labourer and learns of a coming Jewish revolt and he helps the resistance by smuggling weapons into the ghetto, on one occasion narrowly avoiding a suspicious guard. Szpilman eventually manages to escape and goes into hiding with help from a friend, Andrzej Bogucki. In April 1943, Szpilman watches from his window as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, after a neighbor discovers Szpilman in the flat, he is forced to flee to a second hiding place. The new room has a piano in it but he is compelled to keep quiet while beginning to suffer from jaundice, in August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the Armia Krajowa attacks a German building across the street from Szpilmans hideout. Tank shells hit the apartment forcing him to flee, over the course of the following months, Warsaw is destroyed. Szpilman is left alone to search desperately for shelter and supplies among the ruins and he eventually makes his way to a house where he finds a can of pickles. While trying to open it he is discovered by Wehrmacht officer Wilm Hosenfeld who learns that Szpilman is a pianist and he asks Szpilman to play on a grand piano in the house
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Flashbacks of a Fool
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The film was directed by Baillie Walsh, and stars Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Claire Forlani, Felicity Jones, Emilia Fox, Eve, Jodhi May, Helen McCrory and Miriam Karlin. Joe Scott is an actor, who seemed to have had great success at one time but who now just spends his time drinking, doing drugs. The only person he has in his life is his personal assistant Ophelia and he receives a call from his mother to say his childhood best friend, Boots, whom he has not seen in years, has died. He attends a meeting with an up-and-coming director and his agent. Joe learns he will not get the part he had hoped would restore his flagging career and his agent tells him that he is washed up, no one wants to work with him and quits. This upsets Joe, who goes for a walk along the beach, floating in the sea, he remembers his teenage life. The film flashes back 25 years, to a 16-year-old Joe and we find out that Boots has epilepsy and has recently had an attack in the cinema. Joe’s next-door neighbour, a housewife named Evelyn, comes on to him and invites him over that evening. The next day, Joe meets up with a popular but quirky girl his own age from town and she invites him back to her house and he accepts, leaving Boots alone and angry. Joe is impressed by Ruths home and her parents record collection, Ruth applies make up to Joes face, telling him think Roxy Girl while she decides to be Bryan Ferry. The song is Roxy Musics If There Is Something, both of them dance and indicate their interest in each other. Next day, Evelyn watches Joe in the bathroom, seducing him to come to her home on the way to his date. Evelyn coaxes Joe to stop with her and they end up having sex, Joe arrives late to meet Ruth, Ruth sees love bites from Evelyn on his neck and storms off. Boots questions Joe if he had sex with Evelyn, Joe declines calmly but Boots questions him again, this time making Joe angry. In his frustration, Joe has a fight with Boots, the next day, Evelyn comes on to Joe again, asking him about his date. Joe responds that it was terrible, due to the visible love bites on his neck and she responds saying she really liked how he touched her, then invites him to her house if he wants to repeat it. She proceeds to force her little girl, Jane, who was watching TV, while Joe and Evelyn are in bed, Jane finds a washed up mine, climbs on it and detonates it and is killed instantly. Joe blames himself, runs away on the day of the girls funeral
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Dorian Gray (2009 film)
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Dorian Gray is a 2009 British fantasy-horror drama film based on Oscar Wildes 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. This version is directed by Oliver Parker, written by Toby Finlay, the film tells the story of the title character, an attractive Englishman whose image is captured in an enchanted painting that keeps him from ageing. His portrait becomes tainted with every sin he commits, while he remains young, the film, which was released in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2009, competed in the Official Fantàstic Competition at the 2009 Sitges Film Festival. Lord Henrys friend, society artist Basil Hallward, paints a portrait of Gray to capture the power of his youthful beauty. When the portrait is unveiled, Gray makes a flippant pledge, Gray meets and falls in love with budding young actress, Sibyl Vane. After a few weeks, he proposes marriage to her, Lord Henry tells Gray that having children is the beginning of the end, and after the two men visit a brothel, Gray leaves Sibyl. Heartbroken, the young woman drowns herself, Gray learns of her death the following day from her brother, James, who also reveals that Sybil was pregnant with Grays child. Enraged, Jim tries to kill Gray before being restrained and carried off by the authorities, Grays initial grief soon disappears as Lord Henry persuades him that all events are mere experiences and without consequence. His hedonistic lifestyle worsens, distancing him from a concerned Hallward, before long, the curse imbued within Grays portrait begins in earnest, resulting in Hallwards brutal murder after the artist reveals his secret. Gray dismembers and dumps Hallwards body in the River Thames, although the remains are recovered and buried. Gray then leaves London to travel for many years, inviting Lord Henry to come with him although Lord Henry declines because of his wifes pregnancy. Gray returns to London and during the welcome back party the guests are surprised to see that he has not aged at all during his 18-year absence. Although Gray appears genuinely interested in changing his ways as he spends time with Emily, matters are complicated when he is confronted by Jim, still seeking revenge for his sisters death. Breaking into Grays house as Gray and Emily are making plans to leave together, Lord Henry discovers the concealed portrait, but is interrupted by Gray before he can uncover it. Full of anger and grief, Gray attempts to strangle Lord Henry but is distracted by Emilys call long enough for Lord Henry to knock him aside, Emily pleads with her father for the key. After seeing her and realising that he loves her, he turns his back. As Lord Henry drags his daughter out of the house, Grays last words are to assure Emily that she has his whole heart, as Lord Henry leaves, the portraits eyes glow, suggesting that Grays soul may still be within the portrait even after his death. The film began shooting in summer 2008 at Ealing Studios and locations across London, the film received £500,000 of National Lottery funding via the UK Film Councils Premiere Fund
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PBS
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The Public Broadcasting Service is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor. PBS is funded by member dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, government agencies, corporations, foundations. All proposed funding is subjected to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source, since the mid-2000s, Roper polls commissioned by PBS have consistently placed the service as the most-trusted national institution in the United States. This arbitrary distinction is a frequent source of viewer confusion and it also operates National Datacast, a subsidiary which offers datacasting services via member stations, and provides additional revenue for PBS and its member stations. In 1973, it merged with Educational Television Stations, each station is charged with the responsibility of programming local content for their individual market or state that supplements content provided by PBS and other public television distributors. By contrast, PBS member stations pay fees for the acquired and distributed by the national organization. Under this relationship, PBS member stations have greater latitude in local scheduling than their commercial broadcasting counterparts, scheduling of PBS-distributed series may vary greatly depending on the market. This can be a source of tension as stations seek to preserve their localism, however, PBS has a policy of common carriage, which requires most stations to clear the national prime time programs on a common programming schedule to market them nationally more effectively. Management at former Los Angeles member KCET cited unresolvable financial and programming disputes among its reasons for leaving PBS after over 40 years in January 2011. Most PBS stations timeshift some distributed programs, once PBS accepts a program offered for distribution, PBS, rather than the originating member station, retains exclusive rebroadcasting rights during an agreed period. Suppliers retain the right to sell the program in non-broadcast media such as DVDs, books, in 1991, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed production for most PBS shows that debuted prior to 1977, with the exceptions of Washington Week in Review and Wall Street Week. In 1994, The Chronicle of Philanthropy released the results of the largest study on the popularity and credibility of charitable, the strategy began that fall, with the intent to expand the in-program breaks to the remainder of the schedule if successful. In 2011, PBS released apps for iOS and Android to allow viewing of videos on mobile devices. An update in 2015 added Chromecast support, PBS initially struggled to compete with online media such as YouTube for market share. In a 2012 speech to 850 top executives from PBS stations, in the speech, later described as a “seminal moment” for public television, he laid out his vision for a new style of PBS digital video production. Station leadership rallied around his vision and Seiken formed PBS Digital Studios, which began producing educational but edgy videos, something Seiken called “PBS-quality with a YouTube sensibility. ”The studio’s first hit, in 2012, PBS began organizing much of its prime time programming around a genre-based schedule. PBS broadcasts childrens programming as part of the morning and afternoon schedule. Unlike its radio counterpart, National Public Radio, PBS does not have a program production arm or news division
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ITV Granada
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ITV Granada is the Channel 3 regional service for North West England. The licence for the region has been held by ITV Broadcasting Limited since November 2008 and it is the largest independent television-franchise producing company in the UK, accounting for 25% of the total broadcasting output of the ITV network. It had been held by Granada Television, which was founded by Sidney Bernstein and this was the only surviving company of the original four Independent Television Authority franchisees from 1954, Granada Media Group merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc in 2004. It covers Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, northwestern Derbyshire, part of Cumbria, on 15 July 2009, the Isle of Man was transferred to ITV Granada from ITV Border. Broadcasting by Granada Television began on 3 May 1956 under the North of England weekday franchise and it was marked by a distinctive northern identity, and used stylised letter G logo forming an arrow pointing north, often with the tagline Granada, from the north. Granada plc merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc in 2004 after a duopoly had developed over the previous decade, Granada Television Ltd still legally exists. Along with most other companies owned by ITV plc, it is listed on www. companieshouse. gov. uk as a Dormant company. Other companies listed are Granada Television International and Granada Television Overseas Ltd, the North West region is regarded as ITVs most successful franchise. The Financial Times and The Independent once described Granada Television, the franchise holder. Nine Granada programmes were listed in the BFI TV100 in 2000, some of its most notable programmes include Coronation Street, Seven Up. The Royle Family, The Jewel in the Crown, Brideshead Revisited, World in Action, University Challenge, notable employees have included Paul Greengrass, Michael Apted, Mike Newell, Jeremy Isaacs, Andy Harries, Russell T Davies and Leslie Woodhead. Granada Television, a subsidiary of Granada Ltd, originated in Granada Theatres Ltd and it was founded in Dover in 1930 by Sidney Bernstein and his brother Cecil. The company was incorporated as Granada Ltd in 1934 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1935 and it is named after the Spanish city of Granada. Channel 59 from Winter Hill and started broadcasting in colour in the Autumn of 1969, the Bernsteins became involved in commercial television, a competitor to the cinema chains. Bernstein bid for the North of England franchise, which he believed would not affect the companys largely southern-based cinema chain, in 1954, the Independent Television Authority awarded Granada the North of England contract for Monday to Friday, with ABC serving the same area on weekends. The North and London were the two biggest regions, Granada preferred the North because of its tradition of home-grown culture, and because it offered a chance to start a new creative industry away from the metropolitan atmosphere of London. Compare this with London and its suburbs—full of displaced persons, and, of course, if you look at a map of the concentration of population in the North and a rainfall map, you will see that the North is an ideal place for television. Bernstein selected a base from Leeds and Manchester, Granada executive Victor Peers believed Manchester was the preferred choice even before executives toured the region to find a suitable site
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Henry VIII (TV serial)
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Henry VIII is a two-part British television serial produced principally by Granada Television for ITV from 12 to 19 October 2003. Additional production funding was provided by WGBH Boston, Powercorp and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and it stars Ray Winstone in his first role in a costume drama. David Suchet also makes an appearance as Henrys first chief minister, the first episode opens to reveal a dying Henry VII mistaking his heir Henry VIII for his late son Arthur Tudor. Concerned for the chances of his familys dynasty, the dying king implores his son to marry his brothers widow Katherine of Aragon and have a son to secure the family line. Fifteen years later Henry VIII is the most popular King to ever sit on the throne, elsewhere at Hever Castle in Kent the Boleyn Family celebrate the engagement of their daughter Anne to Henry Percy the future Earl of Northumberland. The head of the family the Duke of Norfolk assures her father, Thomas Boleyn, that he has the ear on the match. Finally, his wife Anne is soon pregnant, only for Henrys hopes to be dashed. Instead of the longed for son and heir, Anne delivers a daughter, Elizabeth, despite the growing tensions between the King and Queen, Anne becomes pregnant once more but goes into premature labor and delivers a stillborn son. The first episode ends with an angry King Henry demanding Cromwell get rid of Anne which results in her subsequent trial and execution. Meanwhile, the country is on edge as the heavily pregnant Queen goes into labour, the Queen and her family are arrested and the young Queen dies at the hands of the executioner, like her cousin Anne Boleyn. With the demise of Catholic peers the reformers take the opportunity to consolidate their powers, the film closes as the King reflects on his past loves. His obsession with Anne Boleyn, his quiet but steady affection for Jane Seymour and he dies with his son and last wife beside him. The closing scene of the film provides a summary of the lives of the remaining characters, the Duke of Norfolk escaped death. In time he was released from the Tower, given a pardon and regained all his lands. Edward became King Edward VI, but his health was frail and he died of consumption aged fifteen. Edward Seymour, Lord Protector of England, ruled by proxy until 1551 when he was imprisoned in the Tower, Thomas Seymour did finally marry Katherine Parr, but broke her heart when he attempted to seduce the fourteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth. He was executed for treason in 1549, bloody Mary came to the throne in 1553. She burned hundreds of Protestants as heretics and died embittered and unloved in 1558, Anne of Cleves outlived all the wives
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BBC
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, the BBC is the worlds oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total,16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting, the total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed contract staff are included. The BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBCs radio, TV, britains first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. It was sponsored by the Daily Mails Lord Northcliffe and featured the famous Australian Soprano Dame Nellie Melba, the Melba broadcast caught the peoples imagination and marked a turning point in the British publics attitude to radio. However, this public enthusiasm was not shared in official circles where such broadcasts were held to interfere with important military and civil communications. By late 1920, pressure from these quarters and uneasiness among the staff of the licensing authority, the General Post Office, was sufficient to lead to a ban on further Chelmsford broadcasts. But by 1922, the GPO had received nearly 100 broadcast licence requests, John Reith, a Scottish Calvinist, was appointed its General Manager in December 1922 a few weeks after the company made its first official broadcast. The company was to be financed by a royalty on the sale of BBC wireless receiving sets from approved manufacturers, to this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to inform, educate and entertain. The financial arrangements soon proved inadequate, set sales were disappointing as amateurs made their own receivers and listeners bought rival unlicensed sets. By mid-1923, discussions between the GPO and the BBC had become deadlocked and the Postmaster-General commissioned a review of broadcasting by the Sykes Committee and this was to be followed by a simple 10 shillings licence fee with no royalty once the wireless manufactures protection expired. The BBCs broadcasting monopoly was made explicit for the duration of its current broadcast licence, the BBC was also banned from presenting news bulletins before 19.00, and required to source all news from external wire services. Mid-1925 found the future of broadcasting under further consideration, this time by the Crawford committee, by now the BBC under Reiths leadership had forged a consensus favouring a continuation of the unified broadcasting service, but more money was still required to finance rapid expansion. Wireless manufacturers were anxious to exit the loss making consortium with Reith keen that the BBC be seen as a service rather than a commercial enterprise. The recommendations of the Crawford Committee were published in March the following year and were still under consideration by the GPO when the 1926 general strike broke out in May. The strike temporarily interrupted newspaper production and with restrictions on news bulletins waived the BBC suddenly became the source of news for the duration of the crisis. The crisis placed the BBC in a delicate position, the Government was divided on how to handle the BBC but ended up trusting Reith, whose opposition to the strike mirrored the PMs own
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ITV (TV network)
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ITV is a commercial TV network in the United Kingdom. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990 its legal name has been Channel 3, to distinguish it from the analogue channels at the time, namely BBC1, BBC2. ITV is a network of channels that operate regional television services as well as sharing programmes between each other to be displayed on the entire network. In recent years, several of companies have merged so currently the fifteen franchises are in the hands of two companies. With the exception of Northern Ireland, the ITV brand is the used by ITV plc for the Channel 3 service in these areas. In Northern Ireland, ITV plc uses the brand name UTV, STV Group plc, uses the STV brand for its two franchises of central and northern Scotland. The origins of ITV lie in the passing of the Television Act 1954, the act created the Independent Television Authority to heavily regulate the industry and to award franchises. The first six franchises were awarded in 1954 for London, the Midlands, the first ITV network to launch was Londons Associated-Rediffusion on 22 September 1955, with the Midlands and North services launching in February 1956 and May 1956 respectively. Following these launches, the ITA awarded more franchises until the country was covered by fourteen regional stations. Following the 1993 changes, ITV as a network began to consolidate with several companies doing so to save money by ceasing the duplication of services present when they were all separate companies. The ITV Network is not owned or operated by one company, since 2016 the fifteen licences are held by two companies, with the majority held by ITV Broadcasting Limited, part of ITV plc. The network is regulated by the media regulator Ofcom who is responsible for awarding the broadcast licences, the last major review of the Channel 3 franchises was in 1991, with all operators licences having been renewed between 1999 and 2002 and again from 2014 without a further contest. However, due to amalgamation of several of companies since the creation of ITV Network Limited. Approved by Ofcom, this results in ITV plc commissioning and funding the network schedule, all licensees have the right to opt out of network programming, however many do not due to pressures from the parent company or because of limited resources. The network also needs to produce accessible output containing subtitles, signing, in exchange for this programming, the ITV network is available on all platforms free to air and can be found at the top of the EPG of all providers. Since the launch of the platform in 1998, all of the ITV licensees have received gifted capacity on the terrestrial television platform. At present, the companies are able to broadcast additional channels and all choose to broadcast the ITV plc owned ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV in their region. UTV and STV previously broadcast their own services – UTV2 in Northern Ireland and S2 in central and northern Scotland – until 2002, the broadcasters all make use of the Digital 3&4 multiplex, shared with Channel 4
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Richard II of England
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Richard II, also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed on 30 September 1399. Richard, a son of Edward, the Black Prince, was born in Bordeaux during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III. Richard was the brother of Edward of Angoulême, upon whose death, Richard. Upon the death of Richards father prior to the death of Edward III, Richard, by primogeniture, with Edward IIIs death the following year, Richard succeeded to the throne at the age of ten. During Richards first years as king, government was in the hands of a series of councils, most of the aristocracy preferred this to a regency led by the kings uncle, John of Gaunt, yet Gaunt remained highly influential. The first major challenge of the reign was the Peasants Revolt in 1381, the young king played a major part in the successful suppression of this crisis. By 1389 Richard had regained control, and for the eight years governed in relative harmony with his former opponents. In 1397, Richard took his revenge on the appellants, many of whom were executed or exiled, the next two years have been described by historians as Richards tyranny. In 1399, after John of Gaunt died, the king disinherited Gaunts son, Henry of Bolingbroke, Henry invaded England in June 1399 with a small force that quickly grew in numbers. Claiming initially that his goal was only to reclaim his patrimony, meeting little resistance, Bolingbroke deposed Richard and had himself crowned as King Henry IV. Richard died in captivity in February 1400, he is thought to have starved to death. Richard was said to have tall, good-looking and intelligent. Less warlike than either his father or grandfather, he sought to bring an end to the Hundred Years War that Edward III had started, modern historians do not accept this interpretation, while not exonerating Richard from responsibility for his own deposition. While probably not insane, as historians of the 19th and 20th centuries believed, Richard of Bordeaux was the younger son of Edward, the Black Prince, and Joan of Kent. Edward, heir to the throne of England, had distinguished himself as a commander in the early phases of the Hundred Years War. After further military adventures, however, he contracted dysentery in Spain in 1370 and he never fully recovered and had to return to England the next year. Joan of Kent had been at the centre of a dispute between Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, from which Holland emerged victorious. Less than a year after Hollands death in 1360, Joan married Prince Edward, since she was a granddaughter of King Edward I and a first cousin of King Edward III, the marriage required papal approval
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Ralph Fiennes
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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre and his performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt and Alfred Pennyworth in The Lego Batman Movie, in 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeares tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway, since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. One of the highest profile actors in contemporary British popular culture, Fiennes was born in Ipswich, on 22 December 1962. He is the eldest child of Mark Fiennes, a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash and he has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. His surname is of Norman origin and his grandfathers were industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes and Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash. His great-great-uncle was Edward Pomeroy Colley, a Civil Engineer and first class passenger who died in the sinking of RMS Titanic, Fiennes is an eighth cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales, and a third cousin of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes and author William Fiennes. He is the eldest of six children and his siblings are actor Joseph Fiennes, Martha Fiennes, a director, Magnus Fiennes, a composer, Sophie Fiennes, a filmmaker, and Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist and his nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played Tom Riddle, young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Fiennes family moved to Ireland in 1973, living in West Cork, Fiennes was educated at St Kierans College for one year, followed by Newtown School, a Quaker independent school in County Waterford. They moved to Salisbury in England, where Fiennes finished his schooling at Bishop Wordsworths School and he went on to pursue painting at Chelsea College of Art before deciding that acting was his true passion. Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1983 and 1985 and he began his career at the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park and also at the National Theatre before achieving prominence at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and made his debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Brontës Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. He had a role in Peter Greenaways film The Baby of Mâcon with Julia Ormond. Later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielbergs Schindlers List, for this he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He did not win the Oscar, but did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for the role and his portrayal of Göth also earned him a spot on the American Film Institutes list of Top 50 Film Villains. Fiennes gained weight to represent Göth, but shed it afterwards, Fiennes later stated that playing the role had a profoundly disturbing effect on him
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Actor
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An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance. Simplistically speaking, the person denominated actor or actress is someone beautiful who plays important characters, the actor performs in the flesh in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής, literally one who answers, the actors interpretation of their role pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is playing themselves, as in forms of experimental performance art, or, more commonly, to act, is to create. Formerly, in societies, only men could become actors. When used for the stage, women played the roles of prepubescent boys. The etymology is a derivation from actor with ess added. However, when referring to more than one performer, of both sexes, actor is preferred as a term for male performers. Actor is also used before the name of a performer as a gender-specific term. Within the profession, the re-adoption of the term dates to the 1950–1960s. As Whoopi Goldberg put it in an interview with the paper, Im an actor – I can play anything. The U. K. performers union Equity has no policy on the use of actor or actress, an Equity spokesperson said that the union does not believe that there is a consensus on the matter and stated that the. subject divides the profession. In 2009, the Los Angeles Times stated that Actress remains the term used in major acting awards given to female recipients. However, player remains in use in the theatre, often incorporated into the name of a group or company, such as the American Players. Also, actors in improvisational theatre may be referred to as players, prior to Thespis act, Grecian stories were only expressed in song, dance, and in third person narrative. In honor of Thespis, actors are commonly called Thespians, the exclusively male actors in the theatre of ancient Greece performed in three types of drama, tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play. Western theatre developed and expanded considerably under the Romans, as the Western Roman Empire fell into decay through the 4th and 5th centuries, the seat of Roman power shifted to Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Records show that mime, pantomime, scenes or recitations from tragedies and comedies, dances, from the 5th century, Western Europe was plunged into a period of general disorder
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James Fox (actor)
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William Fox, known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. Fox was born in London, the son of theatrical agent Robin Fox and he is the brother of actor Edward Fox and the film producer Robert Fox. His maternal grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale, like several members of the Fox family, he was educated at Harrow School. Like his brother Edward, after leaving Harrow, Fox took a short commission in the Coldstream Guards. Fox first appeared on film in The Miniver Story in 1950 and his other early film appearances were made under his birth name, William Fox. In 1962, Fox was working in a bank when Tony Richardson offered him a role in the film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Foxs father attempted to forbid this, claiming that his son had no talent for acting and that it would disrupt his life for him to give up his job in the bank, during the 1960s, Fox gained popularity. In 1964, he won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role in The Servant and his films included Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, King Rat, The Chase, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Isadora, and Performance. After finishing work on Performance, Fox suspended his acting career, in a 2008 interview, he said, It was just part of my journey. I think my journey was to spend a while away from acting. And I never lost contact with it - watching movies, reading about it, so I didnt feel I missed it. He became an evangelical Christian, working with the Navigators and devoting himself to the ministry. During this time, the film in which Fox appeared was No Longer Alone, the story of Joan Winmill Brown. He also portrayed the character of Colonel Ferguson in Farewell to the King and he appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama Shada, and in 2007, he guest-starred in the British television crime series Waking the Dead. He also appeared opposite his son Laurence Fox in Allegory of Love and he was part of the cast of Sherlock Holmes, as Sir Thomas, leading member of a freemason-like secret society. In 2010, he filmed Cleanskin, a terrorist thriller directed by Hadi Hajaig and he married Mary Elizabeth Piper in 1973, with whom he has five children, actors Laurence, Lydia, and Jack Fox, and sons Robin and Thomas. In 2007, Laurence and Lydia married actors Billie Piper and Richard Ayoade, Fox is grandfather to Laurences two sons with Piper and Lydias two daughters by Ayoade. His niece Emilia Fox is also an actress, both Emilia and James Fox have portrayed roles in BBCs hit TV series Merlin and Fox has guest-starred in his son Laurences television series Lewis. In her 2014 book A Story Lately Told, Anjelica Huston refers to a relationship with Fox when she was a teenager
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Laurence Fox
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Laurence Paul Fox is an English actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his leading role as DS James Hathaway in the British TV drama series Lewis from 2006 to 2015. His debut album, Holding Patterns, was released in February 2016, Laurence Fox was born in 1978 in Yorkshire. At the age of thirteen he entered Harrow School where, according to him, he was shy around women, sensitive and a bit naïve. Although he made friends and liked the drama teacher, he hated the strict regimen and felt despised and out of place among pupils with titles. Constantly in trouble for smoking, fighting, going into town and seeing girls, according to him, It was something to do with a girl at a dance. I went back to take the exams, but I wasnt allowed to speak to anyone, with hindsight, Fox has said that his experience at Harrow enabled him to portray toffs – the upper-class boys looking down on him and whom he disliked – with much insight and cynicism. Despite doing well in his A-level examinations, because of his report from Harrow he was unable to obtain a place at any university. After working as a gardener for two years, and a stint as an office worker which he loathed, he discovered that he enjoyed acting, however, he was disappointed to find that he was treated like a nonce for being an Old Harrovian. He also made himself unpopular by being outspoken and taking on roles in his second. One of these was his first break into film – the 2001 horror-thriller The Hole, Fox feels that in landing the role his name probably helped – its a combination of timing, luck and contacts. Nonetheless, the name opens some doors, but then you have to show you can do the job, Fox, who graduated from RADA on 1 July 2001, followed up The Hole by appearing in Robert Altmans 2001 Academy Award-winning film Gosford Park. In the last made-for-television film, Fox played Capt, the next day, at a lunch meeting with all the powers that be regarding a new project, Whately mentioned that Fox would be worth taking a look at. The pilot of this spin-off from Inspector Morse, was ITVs highest rated drama of 2006, in addition, in that year Fox was seen on ITV as Cecil Vyse in Andrew Davies adaptation of A Room with a View based on E. M. Forsters 1908 novel. He has expressed a desire to appear in a western, on stage, Fox appeared in Mrs. Warrens Profession by George Bernard Shaw at the Strand Theatre in London in 2002, and John Fords 17th-century play Tis Pity Shes a Whore in 2005. Between 2006 and 2007 he starred in Treats by Christopher Hampton with his future wife, in April 2007, Fox lost his temper with a paparazzi photographer outside the Garrick Theatre in London where he was performing in Treats and was arrested for assault. He was later released after receiving a police caution, newspaper reports stated that the caution would remain on his record for three years and might prevent his obtaining a visa to perform in the US. In 2013, Fox played Guy Haines in Strangers on a Train at Londons Gielgud Theatre, on 9 May 2015 he portrayed a wartime soldier composing a letter at VE Day 70, A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade, London that was broadcast live on BBC1. When filming, Fox often plays the jester to amuse the cast and he has said, Id just rather have a good time than I would be Daniel Day-Lewis
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Freddie Fox (actor)
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Frederick Samson Robert Morice Freddie Fox is an English actor. In 2016 he won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards, for his 2015 performance as Romeo in Romeo, Fox took over the role on 26 July and performed it till the end of the plays run on 13 August 2016. Fox was born in Hammersmith, London, England and he is the son of the actor Edward Fox and his second wife, the actress Joanna David. His elder sister is the actress Emilia Fox and he then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, from which he graduated in 2010. He also expressed that bisexuality is often misunderstood, and that people can have meaningful relationships no matter what sex they are, Freddie Fox at the Internet Movie Database
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Bryanston School
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Bryanston is a member of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference and the Eton Group. It has a reputation as a liberal and artistic school using some ideas of the Dalton Plan, the school opened on 24 January 1928 with 23 pupils and seven members of staff. In 2004, the school had around 650 pupils and 80 teachers, during the mid-1930s, Bryanston School was the location of Anglo-German youth camps where the Hitler Youth and Boy Scouts tried to develop links. In 2005 the school was one of fifty of the leading independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel. In 2014 the school opened a new building, the Tom Wheare Music School, designed by Hopkins Architects. The 300-seat concert hall was named after conductor Sir Mark Elder, the interior of the building won a 2015 Wood Award. G. Jeffreys Thorold Coade Robson Fisher Rev. David Jones Bob Allan Tom Wheare Sarah Thomas — first female head of Bryanston, alumni of the school are known as Old Bryanstonians, there is an alumni organisation called the Bryanston Society. The Society exists to further the cause of Bryanston in the broadest possible sense and it aims to bring together the whole Bryanston family through social and sporting events. The school estate has Europes tallest London Plane tree, each year, the JACT Ancient Greek Summer School is held at Bryanston, the school has played host to many of the United Kingdoms classicists, both as teachers and pupils. The school hosts the annual Dorset Opera Festival, which combines amateur, operas are staged at the conclusion of a two-week summer school. Bryanston Reflections, Et nova et vetera, Angela Holdsworth
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University of Oxford
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The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris, after disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two ancient universities are frequently referred to as Oxbridge. The university is made up of a variety of institutions, including 38 constituent colleges, All the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities. Being a city university, it not have a main campus, instead, its buildings. Oxford is the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the worlds oldest and most prestigious scholarships, the university operates the worlds oldest university museum, as well as the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system in Britain. Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 28 Nobel laureates,27 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, the University of Oxford has no known foundation date. Teaching at Oxford existed in form as early as 1096. It grew quickly in 1167 when English students returned from the University of Paris, the historian Gerald of Wales lectured to such scholars in 1188 and the first known foreign scholar, Emo of Friesland, arrived in 1190. The head of the university had the title of chancellor from at least 1201, the university was granted a royal charter in 1248 during the reign of King Henry III. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled from the violence to Cambridge, the students associated together on the basis of geographical origins, into two nations, representing the North and the South. In later centuries, geographical origins continued to many students affiliations when membership of a college or hall became customary in Oxford. At about the time, private benefactors established colleges as self-contained scholarly communities. Among the earliest such founders were William of Durham, who in 1249 endowed University College, thereafter, an increasing number of students lived in colleges rather than in halls and religious houses. In 1333–34, an attempt by some dissatisfied Oxford scholars to found a new university at Stamford, Lincolnshire was blocked by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge petitioning King Edward III. Thereafter, until the 1820s, no new universities were allowed to be founded in England, even in London, thus, Oxford and Cambridge had a duopoly, the new learning of the Renaissance greatly influenced Oxford from the late 15th century onwards. Among university scholars of the period were William Grocyn, who contributed to the revival of Greek language studies, and John Colet, the noted biblical scholar. With the English Reformation and the breaking of communion with the Roman Catholic Church, recusant scholars from Oxford fled to continental Europe, as a centre of learning and scholarship, Oxfords reputation declined in the Age of Enlightenment, enrolments fell and teaching was neglected
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Samson Fox
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Samson Fox was an English engineer, industrialist, and philanthropist. He was elected Mayor of Harrogate in Yorkshire and donated most of the cost of building the Royal College of Music in London, at the age of eight Fox started work in a textile mill and at fifteen he became an apprentice in a toolmaking and foundry company. In his late twenties, he was running his own toolmaking business, ten years later, in 1874, he set up the Leeds Forge Company to produce Best Yorkshire iron for locomotive and marine engine parts. In 1877 he developed the corrugated boiler flue for which he became famous, Fox Corrugated was adopted as standard by the Admiralty and major steamship lines and was widely patented. In 1887, Fox applied his knowledge and experience in forging metal to building forged pressed iron railway undercarriages and trucks. His railway trucks could support 120 tons without failing, were guaranteed for five years, and were soon being sold in Argentina, Belgium, British India, Japan, and Spain, in addition to England. Bradys sales techniques soon succeeded, and in 1888 the Fox Solid Pressed Steel Company was incorporated to manufacture the trucks in Joliet, Illinois. Fox won a number of awards for his work, including the Royal Society of Arts gold medal for his corrugated boiler flue, Fox bought and extended Grove House in Harrogate, a Yorkshire spa town, and became a benefactor to the local community. He provided Harrogate with its first steam engine, built the Grove Road School opposite his home, funded the Royal Hall. He also built a gas plant to provide the main street of Harrogate with some of the earliest street lighting. Eventually he became Mayor of Harrogate for three years, a record never equalled since. He was a JP for both Leeds and Harrogate, around 1890, he invited the Croatian artist Vlaho Bukovac to stay at Grove House and paint a series of family portraits. He collected many of Bukovacs other paintings but the collection was dispersed in an auction in 1911. The most important of all his purchases was the huge Suffer the Little Children, shown at the Paris Salon in 1888, which the Fox family later presented to St. Robert’s church in Harrogate. In 1892-1894 he provided most of the funds to build the Royal College of Music in London, and he died in Walsall, Staffordshire, in 1903. The King sent Harrogate a telegram of condolence and he had married Mary Anne Slinger in Leeds in 1861. He remarried in 1899, after the death of his first wife in 1895, crest, A representation of a corrugated boiler-flue as in the Arms and thereupon a fox Gules resting the dexter paw upon a trefoil slipped Vert. His son, Arthur William Fox, married Hilda Hanbury, sister of actress Lily Hanbury
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Lily Hanbury
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Lily Hanbury was an English stage performer. Hanbury was born Lilian Florence Alcock, the daughter of Elizabeth, educated in London, her début was in an 1888 revival of W. S. Gilberts Pygmalion and Galatea, and later she appeared on most of the leading stages of the English metropolis. Her extensive repertory included, Countess Wintersen in The Stranger, Hetty Preene in G. R. Sims Lights o London, and Petra in Ibsens Enemy of the People. She reached her peak in popularity, however, by playing a number or roles in Shakespearian plays, mainly under the management of Wilson Barrett, Hanbury died on 5 March 1908 of medical complications following the delivery of a still-born child. Following cremation, Hanburys ashes were interred at the Jewish Cemetery at Willesden, lily and her sister Hilda had a pet named Wobbles who died in 1900 and is buried in Hyde Parks pet cemetery
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Terry family
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The Terry family was a theatrical dynasty of the late 19th century and beyond. The family includes not only members with the surname Terry. The dynasty was founded by the actor Benjamin Terry and his wife, the first member of the family to achieve national prominence was their eldest surviving daughter, Kate. Her younger sister, Ellen, achieved fame, in partnership with Henry Irving. Ellen Terry was seen as the greatest star of the family for many decades, among those of the family who did not become actors, Gordon Craig, Ellens son, was an internationally-known theatre designer and director. Members of the family who were associated with the theatre. Other members of the family are mentioned in the text, the graphic below is simplified to show the best-known family members. For example, it only three of Gordon Craigs eight children. The names of actors and others connected with the theatre are shown in capital letters, Benjamin Terry was a moderately successful actor in the mid-19th century. His father, also called Benjamin, an innkeper, married Catherine Crawford in 1838, the younger Benjamins wife, Sarah, née Ballard, was the daughter of Peter Ballard, a builder and Master Sawyer who worked in Portsmouth. She had no theatrical connections before meeting Terry and marrying him without her parents knowledge and she became an actress, adopting the stage name Miss Yerrett. But it was Terry who was the theatrical influence on their children. He had been a member of William Charles Macreadys company, and his daughter Ellen recalled that he always corrected me if I pronounced any word in a slipshod fashion, and if I now speak my language well it is in no small degree due to my early training. The couple had children, two of whom died in infancy. Of the nine children who survived to adulthood only two, the eldest son, Benjamin, and the next to youngest, Tom, had no theatrical history. Benjamin went into commerce and emigrated to Australia and then India, and Tom and her husband, Wojciech, was also a famous leading actor. Their daughter, also called Aniela, married Adam Gielgud, who had born at sea during his parents flight from Poland after the failed rising against Russian rule in 1830. Their son Frank married Kate Terrys daughter, Kate Terry-Lewis, listed in order of date of birth
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Vic Reeves
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James Roderick Jim Moir, better known by the stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, artist, actor and television presenter, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer. He is known for his surreal and non sequitur sense of humour, in 2003, Reeves and Mortimer were listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In a 2005 poll to find the Comedians Comedian, Reeves and Mortimer were voted the 9th greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians, after school, Reeves undertook an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, before moving to London. Reeves also formed the Fashionable Five, a group of five friends who would follow bands like the Enid and Free onto stage, eventually, they formed their own band. Reeves had a breakthrough with the help of comedian Malcolm Hardee. In 1983, Reeves began a course at a local art college, developed his love of painting. Although still primarily known as a comedian, Reeves is gaining a reputation as an artist and his drawings and paintings have been used in his television shows and form a major part of his 1999 book, Sun Boiled Onions. These included a loudmouthed American called Jim Bell, a poet called Mister Mystery and, eventually. His stage show Vic Reeves Big Night Out began life as a regular Thursday night gig at Goldsmiths Tavern, here, he met Bob Mortimer, a solicitor who attended the show and enjoyed it so much that he soon began to participate. Reeves television début came in December 1986 on Channel 4 Televisions The Tube in a game show segment called Square Celebrities. His next appearance was on the short-lived chat/comedy show One Hour with Jonathan Ross in a show segment known as Knock Down Ginger. Reeves growing TV profile led to Big Night Out being given a slot on Channel 4 the following year and it was about this time that Reeves and Mortimer rented a back room at Jools Hollands office/recording studio in Westcombe Park, Greenwich where they would spend hours writing material. Reeves is due to his fondness of the late American singer Jim Reeves, Reeves is one of the few comedians to have had a number one record in the UK Singles Chart, which he did in company with The Wonder Stuff, singing Dizzy. Including Dizzy, he released two singles from his 1991 album I Will Cure You. A1994 pilot written by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson entitled The Honeymoons Over was due to feature Chris Bell, however, the series was never commissioned. The same year, Reeves made a guest appearance on the Radio 1 series Shuttleworths Showtime, between August 1998 and May 1999, Reeves and Mortimer presented the Channel X produced BBC Saturday game show Families at War with Alice Beer. The same year, Reeves presented a radio show on BBC Radio 1. In 2004 Reeves and Sorrell were both contestants in the series of Im a Celebrity
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Toby Mott
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More recently he has become known for his Mott Collection, an archive of UK punk rock and political ephemera that includes over 1,000 posters, flyers and fanzines. Toby Mott was born in London 1964 and he received a scholarship to attend the progressive, independent St. Marys Town and Country School. He later studied art at Westminster Kingsway College where Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was an alumnus, Mott was a founder member of the ASA. The ASAs motto and anthem was Running Riot a punk song by the band Cock Sparrer, later adopted by Right Wing factions within the Oi. movement. Mott was a co-founder of the East London art group the Grey Organisation who were active from 1983 to 1991, GO worked in several mediums including film and video and participated in over 20 international exhibitions. In January 1985 the group committed an act of art terrorism by smuggling one of their paintings into the International Contemporary Arts Fair in London. The following year they mounted an attack on Cork Street, then the centre of the London art world, after this, members of the group were arrested and for a time banned from central London. This resulted in relocating to New York City where they exhibited at The Civilian Warfare Gallery in the East Village. When GO disbanded in 1991, Mott pursued a solo career exhibiting at White Columns NYC, The Thomas Soloman Garage, Los Angeles and Interim Art and he was for many years represented by the Maureen Paley gallery. In September 2011 Toby Mott produced a series of inspired by the 2011 England riots. Many of the paintings in the exhibition were brandished with the slogan All Coppers Are Bastards in gold leaf a reference to the legendary punk/political slogan, in October 2011, Knightsbridge gallery New Contemporary presented a solo exhibition of paintings by Mott entitled This Means Everything. Mott wrote an essay meant to accompany the exhibition in which he described the creation of the 1989 album art and he was commissioned to design the album cover by Tommy Boy Records and invited the De La Soul trio to his New York loft. Atop a stepladder, he took the black and white photograph of the three and added the dayglo daisy-age art in post-production. Mott began his collection in the late 1970s, esopus released material from the Mott Collection related to Margaret Thatcher in 2013. The special edition came with several facsimile reproductions of archival materials. Loud Flash, British Punk on Paper, Haunch of Venison, London,2010 accompanied by the publication, Jubilee 2012 – Sixty Punk Singles, The Vinyl Factory, London,30 May –24 June 2012. Accompanied by the catalogue, Jubilee 2012 – Sixty Punk Singles, designed and printed by Ditto Press. 45RPM, The Vinyl Factory, London,13 Sep –5 October 2012, an exhibition of forty-five 7 single covers by the German krautrock group Kraftwerk, many designed by Emil Schult
