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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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London
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London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain and it was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Londons ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1. 12-square-mile medieval boundaries. London is a global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism. It is crowned as the worlds largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, London is a world cultural capital. It is the worlds most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the worlds largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic, London is the worlds leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. Londons universities form the largest concentration of education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times, London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the European Union, Londons urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The citys metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants, the city-region therefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the worlds most populous city from around 1831 to 1925, Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world, the etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient name, found in sources from the 2nd century and it is recorded c.121 as Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin, and hand-written Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70-80 include the word Londinio. The earliest attempted explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae and this had it that the name originated from a supposed King Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud. From 1898, it was accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos. The ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *lōndinion, from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name. Until 1889, the name London officially applied only to the City of London, two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area
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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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The Republic of Love
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The Republic of Love is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based on the novel of the name by Carol Shields and stars Bruce Greenwood. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2003 and it was released publicly on February 13,2004. The plot centers on a radio talk show host, Tom Avery. Tom has had a turbulent past with relationships and has had three divorces before the age of 40, many of Toms ex-wives turn out to be friends of Fays. Fay is the opposite from Tom and has a high expectation of the men she dates, she expects perfection. One day, it out that Fays parents marriage is not as perfect as it seemed and it breaks down suddenly. Gary Woloschuc The film is based on the novel The Republic of Love by Carol Shields and she said, “It was the characters really that offered up a delicious cast for a film. The story itself is classic – rapture, rupture, reconciliation – and it is really about different aspects of love – mature love, familial love, sibling love and the nature of love and how elusive it is”. Mehta recommended Bruce Greenwood to play the role of Tom and subsequently attracted him to the role. Meanwhile, Stratton and Baines had remained in contact and met again in early 2002 to discuss financing the project together and to find the female lead in Emilia Fox. ”Producers Chris Auty, Bruce Duggan, Sarah Green, Bruce Greenwood, Mehernaz Lentin, Neil Peplow, Sarah Sulick. Shieldss perception of love is a one, and she has said, Love is, in the end. Its arrival cannot be arranged nor its properties deconstructed and we can only marvel, as I hope the audience of this film will marvel, that, despite our fear and cynicism, it occasionally enters our lives and transforms us. In the end she collaborated with Esta Spalding to produce the script for the film version of the book. Carol Shields was unable to write for the film adaption because of her declining health, the Republic of Love was shot on location in and around Toronto between November and December 2002. In selecting filming location, producer Anna Stratton felt it important to encapture the atmosphere of the novel by filming in a city during the winter. She was also influenced by the line that Tom says to Fay in the film, geography is destiny, frequent collaborators, production designer Sandra Kybartas, and cinematographer Douglas Koch were brought in to create the republic setting. The film was received a reaction from critics
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Things to Do Before You're 30
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It was written by Patrick Wilde, based on the 1997 Dutch feature film, All Stars, written by Mischa Alexander and Jean van de Velde. In 1913 Don Robson started a boys football team called crapletes Greenwich. Twenty years later six of the lads are still playing for the team, cass, the teams top scorer on and off the pitch, isnt sure hes ready for fatherhood with Kate, the love of his life. Adam still hasnt told the rest of the team hes gay, colin is desperate to have a onesome even though hes just started going out with the lovely Vicky. Dylan is in love with the woman his father is about to marry, billy is trying to save his marriage. Johnny is not ready to accept the fact that his father, whilst it is the Sunday football team that keeps this group of friends together, this is not a film about football. This is a film about relationships, and how childhood friends have to change as they mature. Things to Do Before Youre 30 at the Internet Movie Database Things to Do Before Youre 30 at Rotten Tomatoes Things to Do Before Youre 30 at AllMovie Things to Do Before Youre 30 at Britfilms. com
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Keeping Mum
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Keeping Mum is a 2005 British black comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze. In the opening scene, as pregnant young Rosie Jones rides on a train, when questioned by the police, she calmly reveals that the two dismembered bodies inside are of her unfaithful husband and his mistress. She is then sentenced by the judge to a unit for the criminally insane for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Then everything changes with the arrival of the new housekeeper Grace, Grace resolves to solve these problems in her own way. She first kills Clarence the Jack Russell, and when his owner finds out that his dog has killed, she kills him. She sabotages the bullies bicycles, injuring one of them and thereby making Petey very happy and she catches the golf instructor outside the house one night, videotaping Holly undressing, and kills him with an iron. As the problems in the household seem to be gradually clearing, Grace is discovered when Gloria and Holly see her picture on the television in a news item mentioning her release and previous offences. It is then that Grace reveals that she is Glorias long-lost mother, Rosie Jones, Gloria argues that when having a problem with someone, one cannot just kill them. Grace remarks that this is the one thing she and her doctors could never agree on, despite their disagreements, Gloria tries to help Grace remove Lances body, but cannot face up to it. Over a cup of tea, the three women not to tell Walter or Petey any of what has happened. Mrs Parker, shocked by the attempt, has a heart attack. Walter returns from the convention just then and sees Mrs Parkers body, soon after this, Grace leaves the family when order seems to be restored among them. At the end of the film, Walter is talking to Bob and Ted and they say that there is too much algae and the pond needs to be drained. Remembering that Grace disposed of her victims in the pond, Gloria, with a disturbingly cheerful expression, the film closes with an underwater shot depicting the bodies that had been placed in the pond, including the recently added bodies of Bob and Ted. Patrick Monckton as Bob Rowley Irlam as Ted Vivienne Moore as Mrs Martin Filming began in February 2005, the main filming location was in the village of St Michael Penkevil in Cornwall. Locations on the Isle of Man were used for all filming outside the village, the outer shots of the train is on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, the scene with the car going over a small bridge with the train going over another is just outside Goathland. Domestic Total Gross, $1,619,466 Distributor, ThinkFilm Release Date, September 15,2006 Genre, MPAA Rating, R Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 56% of critics gave the film positive write-ups, based on 85 reviews. At the similar website Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to each review, the film has received an average score of 53, based on 22 reviews
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Cashback (film)
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Cashback is a 2006 British romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sean Ellis. Originally exhibited as a short in 2004, it was expanded to feature length in 2006, both versions were produced by Lene Bausager, starring Sean Biggerstaff and Emilia Fox. The feature was released by Magnolia Pictures in late 2006 and also starred Michelle Ryan, aspiring artist Ben Willis develops insomnia after a painful breakup with his girlfriend, Suzy. To take his mind off Suzy and to occupy the extra waking hours he has gained, Ben begins working at a local Sainsburys supermarket. Among them is his colleague Sharon, with whom he develops a mutual crush. As his personal means to escape the boredom inherent in the night shift, in particular, he imagines that he can stop time so that he can walk around in a world that is frozen like the pause of a film. He imagines female patrons of the supermarket stopped in time, allowing him to undress, finally the ability to stop time becomes real. A series of flashbacks occur with each progression of the plot, accompanied by Bens narration and an examination of the effect the situation had had upon him. He explains how he always has been impressed by the beauty of the body, how he, as a young boy. Bens boss, Alan Jenkins, recruits the staff for a football game and, after an embarrassing defeat, 26-Nil. This time he discovers that he is not alone when he sees a stranger who is able to move inside the frozen world as he can. When Jenkins throws a party to honour his own birthday and as a consolation for their defeat, Sharon asks Ben to be her date, while there, Ben encounters his ex-girlfriend Suzy, who implores him to try their relationship again. Ben refuses her advance but she kisses him, just as Sharon witnesses from afar, Ben realizes Sharon has seen the kiss, and freezes time. After spending several days frozen, Ben concludes that although he can stop time and he eventually seeks to explain himself to Sharon at her apartment, and a confrontation similar to the film-opening breakup occurs. Sharon henceforth does not show up to work at the supermarket, when Ben arrives as agreed, the reaction of the owner quickly reveals that he has been pranked. However, the owner is nonetheless interested in Bens work. Sharon receives an invitation to the exhibition and visits and she is moved as most of the pieces depict her and she happily greets Ben, congratulating him on his success. The finale occurs as Ben shares his ability to time with her
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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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Ways to Live Forever (film)
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Ways to Live Forever is a 2010 drama film by director Gustavo Ron based on the award-winning novel of the same name written by Sally Nicholls. The film stars Robbie Kay, Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, the film is produced by Life&Soul Productions, El Capitan Pictures and Formato Producciones. It will be distributed via Karma in Spain, World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation for North America, Ways to Live Forever was filmed in studio and on location in and around Newcastle upon Tyne, Eldon Square, Tynemouth, North Shields, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay. Sam, A 12-year-old boy who likes to know facts and he has a list of things he wants to do before he dies. The book Ways to Live Forever is presented as the book he is writing, Felix, Sams friend who has cancer. He has a wheelchair, and is straightforward, daniel, Sams father, a quiet man. Mrs Willis, Both Sam and Felixs tutor, who likes to teach fun stuff, annie, A nurse who rides around on a pink scooter and calls herself Dracula, on account that she often takes kids blood samples. Kaleigh, Felixs cousin, who helps Sam and Felix into her uncles pub for a drink, Ways to Live Forever at the Internet Movie Database Official website
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A Thousand Kisses Deep (film)
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A Thousand Kisses Deep is a 2011 film directed by Dana Lustig and based on a screenplay by Alex Kustanovich and Vadim Moldovan. The film, starring Dougray Scott, Jodie Whittaker and Emilia Fox, is a thriller about a young woman who, via time-travel. The film premiered at the 2011 Raindance Film Festival in the United Kingdom and was released in June 2012 in the United Kingdom, the film was released in the United States on DVD and digital platforms on 6 August 2013 by Osiris Entertainment. Mia has witnessed her neighbour commit suicide by jumping from their mansion flats, at the pavement where the womans body lies, Mia discovers pieces of a photograph of an ex-lover. She does this by trying to convince a younger version of herself to avoid the lover that broke her heart and he is a married man old enough to be her father. She fails at each attempt at keeping man she falls in love with away from her younger self, with each journey down in the lift she travels further back in time. She finally goes so far back that she is still in the womb and sees her mother and father together, and she shoots him and the movie ends. Production was announced in December 2009 on the film, then titled The Veil of Maya, production would begin in London in January 2010, with Dougray Scott the first cast member on board. Director Dana Lustig was the one who asked for the title to be changed from The Veil of Maya to Harmony. It was originally called The Veil of Maya, but my daughter is called Maya, so we changed the name to Mia. So the producers came up with the idea of A Thousand Kisses Deep, actor Dougray Scott took up playing trumpet for the film. The film premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2011, the film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 15 June 2012, and on DVD in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2013. The film premiered on DVD and digital in the United States on 6 August 2013. com - DVD and Digital Release Announcement SKNR. NET - Poster and Release News
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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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Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Hampton play)
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Les liaisons dangereuses is a play by Christopher Hampton adapted from the 1782 novel of the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The plot focuses on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, rivals who use sex as a weapon of humiliation and degradation, all the while enjoying their cruel games. Their targets are the virtuous Madame de Tourvel and Cécile de Volanges, a girl who has fallen in love with her music tutor. In order to gain their trust, Merteuil and Valmont pretend to help the lovers so they can use them later in their own treacherous schemes. Staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the opened at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon on 24 September 1985. On 8 January 1986, the transferred to The Pit. Christopher Hampton won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, in October 1986, with only a few cast changes, the production further transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End. Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman reprised their roles for the Broadway production, following eight previews, it opened at the Music Box Theatre on April 30,1987 and ran for 149 performances. Christopher Hampton was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Duncan won the Theatre World Award and Davies won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. The show won the 1987 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play, Hampton adapted the play for the screen in a 1988 film version directed by Stephen Frears. Following 22 previews, a Broadway revival produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company opened at the American Airlines Theatre on May 1,2008, the production was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play but lost to Boeing-Boeing. Hamptons play was produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and performed at the Wharf Theatre as part of the 2012 season in a directed by Sam Strong. Hugo Weaving played the Vicomte de Valmont and Pamela Rabe the part of the Marquise de Merteuil and he also said he was intrigued by the paradoxical nature of the Valmont and Tourvel story – the manner in which Valmont is both redeemed and destroyed by love at the same time. One reviewer noted that Director Sam Strong’s beautifully paced production emphasises gratification via the wielding of power rather than via lust, the play was revived at the Donmar Warehouse in the winter of 2015-16, the first time it had received a major outing in London since its 1986 premiere. The director was Josie Rourke, with the roles of Valmont and Mme de Merteuil played by Dominic West, the production transferred to Broadway in a limited engagement with McTeer joined by Liev Schreiber and Mary Beth Peil as Madame de Rosemonde. The play opened at the Booth Theatre on October 30,2016, the Broadway production closed earlier than expected, on January 8,2017 Hampton, Christopher. ISBN 0-571-13724-5 Les liaisons dangereuses at the Internet Broadway Database
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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
