"Solo (TV series) Solo is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982. Starring Felicity Kendal, ""Solo"" was written by Carla Lane, a writer well known for having previously written the sitcom ""Butterflies"". Kendal plays Gemma Palmer, a woman who changes her life after discovering her live-in boyfriend has had an affair. Following the success of the BBC sitcom The Good Life, each of its four main stars were given their own programme with them as the lead, and ""Solo"" was Kendal's. Similar to Carla Lane's sitcom ""Butterflies"", ""Solo"" has serious themes and plots but still has"
"Carla Lane Romana Barrack (5 August 1928 – 31 May 2016), known professionally as Carla Lane, , was an English television writer responsible for several successful sitcoms, including ""The Liver Birds"" (co-creator, 1969–78), ""Butterflies"" (1978–83) and ""Bread"" (1986–91). Lane was described as ""the television writer who dared to make women funny""; much of her work focused on strong women characters, including ""frustrated housewives and working class matriarchs"". In later years she became well known as an animal welfare advocate. Lane was born in West Derby, Liverpool. Her father, Cardiff-born Gordon De Vince Barrack, served in the Merchant Navy. She attended"
"the most popular of the time, characterised by Lane's ""ability to conjure laughs out of pathos and life's little tragedies"", and, from 1973, Lane took sole responsibility for writing the scripts. Her successful screenwriting career continued through the 1970s and 1980s, in particular with the TV series ""Butterflies"" and ""Bread"". In ""Butterflies"", described as ""undoubtedly ... her finest work"", she addressed the lead character's desires for freedom from her ""decent but dull"" husband. Wendy Craig, who starred in ""Butterflies"", said of Lane: ""Her greatest gift was that she understood women and wrote the truth about them ... She spoke about"
"Butterfly (TV series) Butterfly is a three-part British television drama series that premiered on 14 October 2018. Made for ITV by Red Production Company, the series focuses on the family of an 11-year-old child Maxine (Callum Booth-Ford) who begins to realise that she is a trans girl. Anna Friel and Emmett J. Scanlan play her parents, Vicky and Stephen, who reluctantly begin to accept Maxine's need to transition. The series was created by Tony Marchant, who met transgender people and their families during the writing process through trans charity Mermaids. It garnered positive reception, with critics praising the characterisation of"
"Butterflies (1993 film) Butterflies is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Rajiv Anchal and written by A. K. Sajan. The film stars Mohanlal, Aishwarya, Nassar, and Jagadish. Aishwarya played dual roles as twin sisters. The film was produced by Menaka. The film was shot in Bangalore, India after the originally planned film ""Australia"" was dropped. Prince (Mohanlal) is a race car driver and the son of industrialist Bharathan Menon(K. P. Ummer) and Sreedevi Menon (Sukumari). He lives a happy-go-lucky life style spending time racing cars, entertaining his nephews in his farm house and hanging out with his"
"parted company over differences"". The first episode received an overnight rating of 2.8 million viewers. Following the broadcast, Green reported that Mermaids had seen a spike in new members. Butterfly (TV series) Butterfly is a three-part British television drama series that premiered on 14 October 2018. Made for ITV by Red Production Company, the series focuses on the family of an 11-year-old child Maxine (Callum Booth-Ford) who begins to realise that she is a trans girl. Anna Friel and Emmett J. Scanlan play her parents, Vicky and Stephen, who reluctantly begin to accept Maxine's need to transition. The series was"
"In the book, Ruby writes in a notepad she calls a MEMORANDUM. In the end, Ruby apologises to Garnet, and they both realise that they can still be together while apart, as long as they remember each other. Garnet leaves for school, and writes a letter about how much she is enjoying it. Adult versions of Ruby and Garnet appear in The Butterfly Club. Ruby has become a children's television presenter named Ruby Red, and Garnet is a scriptwriter and producer. The telefilm was made in 2001 for Channel 4 and screened in 2002, starring Birmingham twins, Zoe and Chloe"
"Burn the Butterflies Burn the Butterflies is a 1979 TV movie about uranium mining. It was written by Cliff Green who described it as an ""experiment"" Cheeky me wanting to push the boundaries and do a drama within another drama, which moved in real time and was relatively cheap to make... There was a crisis in Government and there were news teams filming what was happening. And that was the documentary that was a fake documentary. And all the action, all the on-stage action (if that is the right word) was happening in the Prime Minister's suite in Canberra—so the"
"David Lloyd (writer) David Gibbs Lloyd (July 7, 1934 – November 10, 2009) was an American screenwriter and producer for television. He wrote for many sitcoms, such as ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"", ""The Bob Newhart Show"", ""Taxi"", ""Cheers"", ""Frasier"" and ""Wings"". Lloyd wrote ""Chuckles Bites the Dust"", an episode of the ""Mary Tyler Moore Show"". He won an Emmy for ""Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series"" in 1976. He was the father of Stephen and Christopher, both of whom are television writers. He also has three other children, Julie, Amy, and Douglas with his wife Arline. He died on"
"career: ""Danger Man"", ""Special Branch"", ""Quiller"", ""The Onedin Line"", ""Arthur of the Britons"", ""Secret Army"" and ""Warship"". Author of ""The Town That Died: a chronicle of the Halifax disaster"" Souvenir Press of London 1962 Bird formed his own production company ""Gryphon Productions"" and negotiated a number of co-productions with the BBC. Michael J. Bird Michael J. Bird (31 October 1928, London – 11 May 2001, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire) was an English writer. In addition to several novels, he is best known for his television drama series for the BBC which were usually set in the Mediterranean - ""The Lotus Eaters"""
"Breed (TV pilot) Breed is an American drama television pilot produced for the 2015/2016 season that was in development at TNT. The pilot was written by John Scott Shepherd and produced by Nicky Weinstock. The series was not picked up by TNT. The network ordered the pilot on October 31, 2014, which was written by writer/novelist John Scott Shepherd and directed by Scott Winant. Shepherd and Winant also served as executive producers alongside Nicky Weinstock and Grace Gilroy. On January 13, 2015, it was announced that Justin Chatwin was cast in the lead role. On January 22, 2015, Nadia Hilker"
"Ester Brymová Ester Brymová (pronounced ""bree-maw-va"") (born 4 September 1978), also Ester Brym is a film director, producer and editor. In 1997 she moved to New York City to pursue studies in film-making. She worked as an editor in independent cinema until 2008 when she decided to move to Los Angeles to direct her first feature film “""Butterflies""”. ""Butterflies"", a documentary about YouTubers, is the first film that puts YouTube on a big screen and introduces the world of new and social media. """"Butterflies"" is the first film, that profiles the life of Internet celebrity as a new phenomenon,"" says"
"Lee Aronsohn Lee Aronsohn (born December 15, 1952) is an American television writer, composer and producer. He has written for many sitcoms, such as ""The Love Boat"", ""Who's the Boss?"", ""Murphy Brown"", ""Grace Under Fire"", ""The Big Bang Theory"", and ""Cybill"". In 1997, he co-created the sitcom starring Rick Reynolds and Pam Dawber, ""Life... and Stuff"". In 2003, he co-created the sitcom ""Two and a Half Men"" and wrote the original music for the series as well. Besides writing scripts, Aronsohn has also worked as executive producer and directs one show per season. He is also executive producer and writer"
"Gingerbread (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) ""Gingerbread"" is episode eleven of season three of the television show ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"". It was written by Thania St. John and Jane Espenson, directed by James Whitmore, Jr., and first broadcast on January 12, 1999. While waiting in the park for Buffy, her mother Joyce discovers the bodies of two dead children. At school the next day, Buffy shows Giles a symbol which was visible on the hands of the two children. He tells her that demons do not use symbols, and that it is no doubt occult-related. This angers Buffy, as Slayers"
"Bryan Fuller Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including ""Dead Like Me"", ""Wonderfalls"", ""Pushing Daisies"", ""Hannibal"", and ""American Gods"". Fuller has worked on various ""Star Trek"" television series. He worked on """" and wrote a few episodes for """". He is also the co-creator of """". Fuller was born in Lewiston, Idaho, and raised in Clarkston, Washington. After graduating from Clarkston High School, Fuller attended Lewis–Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. He later transferred to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but dropped out and"
"In the Time of the Butterflies (film) In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film, produced for the Showtime television network, directed by Mariano Barroso and based on Julia Álvarez's book of the same name. The story is a fictionalized account for the lives of the Mirabal sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were assassinated on November 25, 1960. In the film, Salma Hayek played one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays Trujillo. Marc Anthony has a minor role as Minerva's first love, and the impetus for her"
"Barbara Vernon (writer) Barbara Mary Vernon (25 July, 1916 – 16 April, 1978) was an Australian playwright, screenwriter and radio announcer. Her plays include ""The Multi-Coloured Umbrella"". She was the headwriter and script editor of the TV drama series Bellbird Vernon was born in 1916, the youngest child of four to medical practitioner Murray Menzies Vernon and Constance Emma Elliot (née Barling). She attended the New England School in Armidale, New South Wales , before entering the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force in 1943, rising to rank of Corporal, before being discharged in 1946. She joined radio the Northern Broadcasters"
"Butterfly (1982 film) Butterfly is a 1982 film directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel ""The Butterfly"" by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Ed McMahon, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. The film was financed by Zadora's husband, Israeli multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis, at an estimated cost of US$2 million. It received 10 nominations for the 1982 Golden Raspberry Awards including ""Worst Picture"", with Zadora winning ""Worst Actress"" and ""Worst New Star"", and McMahon winning ""Worst Supporting Actor"". Nevertheless, Zadora won ""Best Female Newcomer"" at"
"Butterflies Are Free (play) Butterflies Are Free is a play by Leonard Gershe. Loosely based on the life of attorney Harold Krents, the plot revolves around a blind man living in downtown Manhattan whose controlling mother disapproves of his relationship with a free-spirited hippie. The title was inspired by a passage in Charles Dickens' ""Bleak House"": ""I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies."" After twelve previews, the Broadway production, directed by Milton Katselas, opened on October 21, 1969, at the Booth Theatre, where"
"(1986). The show lasted for four seasons and was broadcast on over 100 stations in the US. Cimber's recent work has been in the documentary genre. He wrote and directed ""An American Icon: Coca-Cola, the Early Years"" (1997) and ""The History of United Nations"" (1996). He created and wrote the eight-minute intro for visitors to the United Nations for which he received a special commendation from the UN. 1982's ""Butterfly"" received a total of three Golden Globe nominations: Orson Welles for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role Ennio Morricone (music) and Carol Connors (lyrics) for the song ""It's"
"Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather (commonly abbreviated to BOAF) is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson) and Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke) brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat,"
"Richard Backus Richard Backus (born March 28, 1945) is an American actor and television writer. He has been nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards for writing and one for acting. Richard Backus was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire on March 28, 1945. He attended Harvard University. He has been married to Sharon Romeyko since January 27, 1985. Richard Backus made his Broadway theatre debut at the Booth Theatre in the original production of ""Butterflies Are Free"". The production began in October 1969 with Backus cast as the understudy for Keir Dullea in the role of Don Baker. He was first"
"Thad Mumford Thaddeus Quentin ""Thad"" Mumford Jr. (February 8, 1951 – September 6, 2018) was an American television producer and writer. He wrote and produced for a number of television series spanning different genres, including ""The Cosby Show"", ""A Different World"", ""M*A*S*H"", ""Maude"", ""Good Times"", ""Home Improvement"", """", and ""Judging Amy"", among other series. Often collaborating with fellow TV producer/director Dan Wilcox, Thad wrote scripts and/or produced for a number of television series throughout his career varying different genres namely, ""M*A*S*H*"" (all of those episodes he produced were co-produced with Wilcox), ""The Cosby Show"", ""A Different World"", , ""Maude"", ""NYPD"
"nothing like how we thought it worked. And if I had decided that I would like to do a Canberra-based piece and set myself, and got up and become a member of the press corps for a few weeks I wouldn’t have got it. It was being in there, and understanding the contradictions, and the layers of commitment and attitude, and so on, that brought it on, that gave me the confidence to write it. Burn the Butterflies Burn the Butterflies is a 1979 TV movie about uranium mining. It was written by Cliff Green who described it as an"
"when the smoosh-faced wax lion central to ""Wonderfalls"" was seen on a bedside table. Fuller is in a long-term relationship with interior designer Scott Roberts. In a 2007 interview, he stated that his favourite film was the 2001 French film ""Amélie"", which was one of the inspirations for ""Pushing Daisies"": ""All the things I love are represented in that movie. It's a movie that will make me cry based on kindness as opposed to sadness."" Bryan Fuller Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including ""Dead"
"The Butterfly Effect The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart. The title refers to the butterfly effect, a popular hypothetical situation which illustrates how small initial differences may lead to large unforeseen consequences over time, but this effect is not really used in the film; moreover, the scenario contradicts to this theory: only the consequences over time change which are directly connected to the causes. Kutcher plays 20-year-old college student Evan Treborn, with Amy Smart as his childhood sweetheart Kayleigh"
"Warren Littlefield Warren W. Littlefield (born May 11, 1952) is an American television executive. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Littlefield attended Montclair High School and graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, where he was awarded a BA in Psychology. A protégé of Brandon Tartikoff, Littlefield developed ""Cheers"", ""The Cosby Show"", and ""The Golden Girls"" as senior and executive vice president of NBC Entertainment under Tartikoff. During his time as president of NBC, Littlefield oversaw the creation of many shows for the network throughout the 1990s such as ""Seinfeld"", ""The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"", ""Wings"", ""Blossom"","
"Amy Sherman-Palladino Amy Sherman-Palladino (born January 17, 1966) is an American television writer, director, and producer. She is best known as the creator of the comedy-drama television series ""Gilmore Girls"" (2000–07, 2016), ""Bunheads"" (2012–13), and ""The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"" (2017–present). Sherman-Palladino has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her work, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Music Supervision, all for ""The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"". She is the first woman in history to win Emmys in the comedy writing and directing categories in the same year. Sherman-Palladino is the"
"A Cage of Butterflies A Cage of Butterflies is a 1992 young adult novel by Australian author, Brian Caswell. The story is set in a research facility (known as the ""farm"") involving two groups of people. The first group contains several teenagers with IQs above 150. These teenagers (Greg, Mikki, Lesley, Gordon, Gretel, Katie and Chris) call themselves the ""Think Tank"". However, this group is merely a smokescreen for the real subjects of the research - five seven-year-olds who are able to communicate telepathically, known as the ""Babies"". The Babies are called Pep, Ricardo, Ian, Rachael and Myriam. The Babies"
"Dick Sharples Dick Sharples (7 June 1927 – 19 October 2015) was a British TV scriptwriter of British sitcoms. He has also written novels, plays and drama series (for both television and radio). Dick Sharples was born in Manchester. He began his career as a cartoonist and a writer for a Manchester Advertising Agency. One of the agency's customers was comedian Al Read who ran a meat pie company called H. Read and Son. Sharples wrote the tagline ""potatoes and meat, simply heat"" for the company's fritters. A chance meeting with a local, jobbing printer called Archie Carmichael led to"
"David Butler (screenwriter) David Dalrymple Butler (12 November 1927 – 27 May 2006) was a Scottish writer of numerous screenplays and teleplays who won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He specialized in period-piece drama and is particularly remembered for a string of hit British television shows, including ""Within These Walls"", ""Lillie"", ""We'll Meet Again"" and ""Edward the Seventh"", as well as for his acting, most specifically as Dr. Nick Williams on British television's first medical soap opera, ""Emergency - Ward 10"" in 1960–62. A native of the town of"
"""butterfly"" birth mark. Ed Lamey reveals he is Moke Blue's half-brother and has the same birth mark and did not tell her because of the silver. The case is dismissed. Wash is waiting outside the courthouse for Kady, who realizes what Jess did, and is angry, but quickly forgives him. She says she loves him, but differently from how she loves Wash. She chooses Wash because of the life he can provide for Danny. Butterfly (1982 film) Butterfly is a 1982 film directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel ""The Butterfly"" by James M. Cain. The starring cast"
"Butterflies Are Free Butterflies Are Free is a 1972 American comedy-drama film based on the play by Leonard Gershe. The 1972 film was produced by M.J. Frankovich, released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Milton Katselas and adapted for the screen by Gershe. It was released on 6 July 1972 in the USA. Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert starred. Eileen Heckart received an Academy Award for her performance. While the original play was set in Manhattan, New York, the screenplay written for the 1972 film was set in an unknown location in San Francisco. In the San Francisco of the 1970s,"