Related Research Articles
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition and reduce the current monopoly to the then BBC Television. ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4.
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 until 20 December 2006. It was created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus of Shed Productions, who initiated the idea of developing a series primarily focusing on the inmates and staff of the fictional women's prison, Larkhall, located in the South London region. Following the success of previous series Within These Walls and the Australian-imported Prisoner: Cell Block H, both of which screened on ITV, Bad Girls was commissioned by the network and was viewed as a realistic, modern portrayal of life in a women's prison. The series featured a large ensemble cast, including Linda Henry, Claire King, Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Jack Ellis, Alicya Eyo, Helen Fraser, Kika Mirylees, Victoria Alcock, James Gaddas, Victoria Bush, Dannielle Brent and Liz May Brice.
Nathan Barley is a British Channel 4 television sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, directed by Morris and starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Claire Keelan, Richard Ayoade, Ben Whishaw, Rhys Thomas and Charlie Condou. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. Described by his creator as a "meaningless strutting cadaver-in-waiting", the character originated on Brooker's TVGoHome – a website parodying television listings – as the focus of a fly-on-the-wall documentary called Cunt.
Sylvestra Le Touzel is an English actress. Known for her character work across television, radio, film, and theatre, she began her career as a child actor before moving into adult roles. She is married to actor Owen Teale, with whom she has two children.
Rebus is a British television detective drama series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The series, produced by STV Studios for the ITV network, was broadcast between 26 April 2000 and 7 December 2007, and consisted of fourteen episodes across four series.
Oluwakemi Nina Sosanya is an English stage, television, film, and radio actress, and narrator. She is most notable for her roles in Teachers, W1A, and Last Tango in Halifax.
Harry and the Wrinklies is a British children's drama series based on a novel of the same name by Alan Temperley. It was produced for three series by STV and aired on CITV from 11 May 2000 to 12 December 2002. The show starred Nick Robinson in the role of Harry.
Rory Michael Kinnear is an English actor. He won two Olivier Awards, both at the National Theatre, in 2008 for his portrayal of Sir Fopling Flutter in The Man of Mode, and for playing the William Shakespeare villain Iago in Othello in 2014.
HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013. Since June 2016, the former grounds operate as the Peterhead Prison Museum.
STV Group plc is a media company based in Glasgow, Scotland. Beginning as a television broadcaster in 1957, the company expanded into newspapers, advertising and radio; after completing a restructuring in 2010, STV Group is active in broadcast television, video-on-demand and television production. The company is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index.
Kevin Gerard Quinn is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as Xander in the Disney Channel original series Bunk'd (2015–2017), and for his roles in the 2016 Disney Channel Original Movie Adventures in Babysitting and the 2021 Netflix film A Week Away. In 2022, he released a new single "More of You".
Marcella is a British Nordic noir detective series, written, directed and produced by Swedish screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt, creator of The Bridge. The series is produced by Buccaneer Media for ITV and distributed worldwide by Buccaneer's parent company Cineflix. It was first shown on ITV on 4 April 2016, with seven further episodes released weekly.
Saoirse-Monica Jackson is a Northern Irish actress, best known for portraying Erin Quinn on the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls between 2018 and 2022.
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell is a Northern Irish actress from Derry. She is best known for her role as Michelle Mallon in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls.
Little Birds is a British drama television series starring Juno Temple and produced by Warp Films. Based on the homonymous work of erotica by Anaïs Nin, the six-episode series was released on Sky Atlantic and Now TV on 4 August 2020. In Australia, it is available on Stan.
Staged is a British television comedy series. Set and filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, primarily using video-conferencing technology, the series stars actors Michael Sheen and David Tennant as fictionalised versions of themselves. Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, and Lucy Eaton also star. The first series premiered 10 June 2020 on BBC One, and the second series premiered 4 January 2021 on BBC One. A Comic Relief New Year Special was uploaded to the BritBox YouTube page on 31 December 2021. A third series premiered on 24 November 2022 on BritBox.
Screwed is a 2011 British crime drama film directed by Reg Traviss and starring James D'Arcy, Frank Harper, David Hayman, Cal MacAninch, Jamie Foreman and Noel Clarke. It is based on Ronnie Thompson's nonfiction book Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer.
Rob Williams is a British screenwriter and producer, best known for the BBC1 crime drama The Victim.
The Tourist is a drama thriller television series. It stars Jamie Dornan as the victim of a car crash who wakes up in a hospital in Australia with amnesia.
Baby Reindeer is a British black comedy drama-thriller miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd. An adaptation of Gadd's autobiographical one-man show of the same name, the series is based on Gadd's real life experience of being stalked and sexually assaulted in his twenties. The series consists of seven episodes, which all simultaneously premiered on Netflix on 11 April 2024.
References
- ↑ Tavassoli, Ben (4 February 2024). ""unfortunate news that this is where our journey ends for Screw. want to thank you guys so much for tuning in. All your kind words went a long way. love everyone who was part of the show, very lucky to have made dear friends for life"". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ Scott, Ella (5 February 2024). "Channel 4 fans fume 'it's a shame' as prison drama axed after just two series". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ "Meet the cast of Channel 4 prison drama Screw". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ Cormack, Morgan (10 December 2021). "Channel 4's Screw: new trailer for tense new prison drama". Stylist. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ "Channel 4 Announces New 6-Part Drama Series: Screw". Channel 4. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ↑ Creamer, Jon (27 August 2020). "C4 orders prison drama from STV and Victim writer Williams". Televisual. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ↑ Buglass, Lucy (21 July 2022). "Screw season 2: release date, cast, plot and everything we know". whattowatch.com. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ↑ "Screw review – a warm, witty welcome to hell!". the Guardian. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ Midgley, Carol. "Screw review — humour behind bars, but this is no Porridge 2".
