Who wrote and starred in the TV series Q7 and Q8?
"Spike Milligan, and the third series of ""Monty Python's Flying Circus."" MacNaughton directed episodes of several television series in 1973 and in 1974, including the pilot episode of ""Rising Damp"" with Leonard Rossiter, which received good reviews. Later that year he filmed the fourth and final series of ""Monty Python."" In 1975, the second series of Spike Milligan's ""Q"" was commissioned by the BBC called ""Q6."" MacNaughton directed ""Q6"" in 1975, ""Q7"" in 1977, ""Q8"" in 1978 and ""Q9"" in 1980. In 1976, MacNaughton directed another pilot comedy sketch show called ""Out of the Trees,"" starring ""Monty Python"" alumnus Graham"
"QB VII (miniseries) QB VII is an American television miniseries produced by Screen Gems; it was also the final program from Columbia Pictures's television division to be made under the Screen Gems banner. It began airing on ABC on April 29, 1974. Adapted to the screen by Edward Anhalt from the novel ""QB VII"", it was produced by Douglas S. Cramer and directed by Tom Gries. The original music was written by Jerry Goldsmith and the cinematography by Paul Beeson and Robert L. Morrison. The six-and-a-half-hour miniseries won six Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for several more. Dr. Adam"
"Q... (TV series) Q... is a surreal television comedy sketch show written by Spike Milligan and Neil Shand, and starring Spike Milligan with a number of supporting players, usually including Julia Breck, John Bluthal, Bob Todd, and John Wells. The show ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five numbered from ""Q5"" to ""Q9"", and a final series titled ""There's a Lot of It About"". The first and third series ran for seven episodes, and the others for six episodes, each of which was 30 minutes long. Various reasons have been suggested"
"before the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation registered the trademark; the TV series' opening credits showed the characters 'Q8' being formed from the word 'Kuwait'), Q9 in 1980 and There's a Lot of It About in 1982. Milligan resented the BBC for the cold attitude they took towards the series in comparison with series like ""Flying Circus"", and always maintained that, given the opportunity, he would have produced more. The shows were written by Milligan and his writing collaborator Neil Shand, with occasional episodes (especially in later years) giving ""additional contribution"" credit to any or all of David Renwick, Andrew Marshall and"
"Blake's 7 Blake's 7 (sometimes styled Blakes 7) is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks for the television series ""Doctor Who"". The script editor was Chris Boucher. The main character, at least initially, was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. The series was inspired by various fictional media, including ""Robin Hood"", ""Star Trek"", ""Passage to Marseille"", ""The Dirty Dozen"", ""Brave New World"" and classic Western stories, as well as real-world political conflicts in South"
"further. ""QB VII"" was adapted into an American television miniseries that began airing on ABC on April 29, 1974. QB VII QB VII by Leon Uris is a dramatic courtroom novel published in 1970. The four-part novel highlights the events leading to a libel trial in the United Kingdom. The novel was Uris's second consecutive #1 ""New York Times"" Best Seller and third overall. The novel is loosely based on a court case for defamation (""Dering v Uris"") that arose from Uris's earlier best-selling novel ""Exodus"". ""QB VII"" is an abbreviation of Queen's Bench Courtroom Number Seven. A famous author,"
"seven had 22 episodes. Season eight premiered on September 20, 2010, at 9:00 pm ET. CBS initially ordered 24 episodes for the season, but again due to Sheen's personal life, the show was put on hiatus after 16 episodes were produced, with production scheduled to resume on February 28. After a series of comments made by Sheen on February 24, 2011, CBS and Warner Bros. cancelled the remainder of the season. On May 13, 2011, actor Ashton Kutcher was widely reported to be replacing Charlie Sheen as the lead on the show. The show's ninth season premiered on September 19,"
"after filming was completed. ""QB VII"" was released as a Region 1 DVD on May 29, 2001. QB VII (miniseries) QB VII is an American television miniseries produced by Screen Gems; it was also the final program from Columbia Pictures's television division to be made under the Screen Gems banner. It began airing on ABC on April 29, 1974. Adapted to the screen by Edward Anhalt from the novel ""QB VII"", it was produced by Douglas S. Cramer and directed by Tom Gries. The original music was written by Jerry Goldsmith and the cinematography by Paul Beeson and Robert L."
"Q (film) Q (a.k.a. The Winged Serpent and Q – The Winged Serpent) is a 1982 dark fantasy-horror film written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree. The Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, a winged, dragon-like, female lizard, takes up residence in the art-deco spire of the Chrysler Building, with frequent jaunts in the midday sun to devour various helpless New Yorkers on the rooftops. The resulting bloody mess confounds detectives, Dt. Shepard (David Carradine) and Sgt. Powell (Richard Roundtree), who are already occupied with a case involving a series of bizarre"
"Q & Q Q & Q was a Dutch television series, broadcast by the Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) in 1974. With an average audience of three million viewers, the show is one of the highest-viewed programs in the history of Dutch television. The first series of thirteen episodes came to be called ""A failed photograph"". A second series, ""Kunst- en vliegwerk"", also thirteen episodes, was made for the 1976 season; that series was later shortened and released in theaters as a movie. The series was directed by Bram van Erkel and starred Lex Goudsmit and others. Harrie Geelen wrote the"
"a film for Granada Television, for which Milligan wrote the screenplay and in which he played himself. Later that year, he was commissioned by the BBC to write and star in ""Q5"", the first in the innovative ""Q"" TV series, acknowledged as an important precursor to ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", which premiered several months later. There was a hiatus of several years, before the BBC commissioned ""Q6"" in 1975. ""Q7"" appeared in 1977, ""Q8"" in 1978, ""Q9"" in 1980 and ""There's a Lot of It About"" in 1982. Milligan later complained of the BBC's cold attitude towards the series and"
"in episodes such as ""A Matter of Honor"" and """", which introduced Worf's former lover K'Ehleyr. Five second-season episodes were nominated for six Emmy Awards, and ""Q Who"" won for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series. The season ran from 1988 to 1989. Before the production of the third season in the summer of 1989, some personnel changes were made. Head writer Maurice Hurley was let go and Michael Piller took over for the rest of the series. Creator and executive producer Gene Roddenberry took less of an active role due to"
"Il 7 e l'8 Il 7 e l'8 (""7 and 8"") is a 2007 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giambattista Avellino and by Ficarra e Picone. For this film they were nominated to David di Donatello for Best New Director and to Silver Ribbon in the same category. The film grossed $10,412,376 at the Italian box office. In 1975, the infants Tommaso and Daniele are born in a Sicilian clinic, and are placed in cots 7 and 8. But the nurse who places them, reverses the order, generating a great confusion! Tommaso and Daniele are now two young"
"Channing Gibson Channing Gibson or John Locke is an American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities with ""St. Elsewhere"" and ""NYPD Blue"". He is one of the creators of the drama series ""Murder One"" and ""The Byrds of Paradise"". Gibson began working in television as a writer on ABC drama series ""Family"" in 1978. He wrote the fourth season episode ""Magic"" and the story for later fourth season episode ""An Apple for the Teacher"". He moved on to write for ""Eight Is Enough"". He wrote the fourth season episode ""Memories"" and returned for the fifth season episode"
"Regular Show (season 7) The seventh season of the American animated comedy television series ""Regular Show"", created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel originally created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the cancelled anthology series ""The Cartoonstitute"". He developed ""Regular Show"" from his own experiences in college, while several of its main characters originated from his animated shorts ""The Naïve Man from Lolliland"" and ""2 in the AM PM"". He himself voices one of the main characters in the show, ""Mordecai"", a blue jay. The series was renewed"
"in just one or two episodes, such as Lauren Bacall, Daniel Baldwin, Annette Bening, Polly Bergen, Sandra Bernhard, Charles S. Dutton, Jon Favreau, Janeane Garofalo, Hal Holbrook, Tim Kang, Elias Koteas, Ben Kingsley, Linda Lavin, Ken Leung, Julianna Margulies, Sydney Pollack, Wilmer Valderrama, Alicia Witt and Burt Young. Series creator and executive producer David Chase served as showrunner and head writer for the production of all six seasons of the show. He was deeply involved with the general production of every episode and is noted for being a very controlling, demanding, and specific producer. He wrote or co-wrote between two"
"Brenda Hampton Brenda Hampton (born August 19, 1951) is an American television show creator, writer and producer. She created, wrote and produced ""7th Heaven"", ""Fat Actress"", and ""The Secret Life of the American Teenager"". Hampton grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father was an electrical engineer for AT&T and a television repairman. She studied journalism at the University of Georgia, graduating in 1973. After finishing her university studies, she worked as a technical writer for the U.S. Navy, wrote speeches, technical manuals and corporate newsletters. In the 1980s, she moved to Los Angeles and began writing for ""Sister Kate"", an"
"that Larson no longer owned the television rights to the property, but retained feature film rights. Larson died on November 14, 2014 in UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, California, from esophageal cancer, aged 77. Larson also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry. Glen A. Larson Glen Albert Larson (January 3, 1937 – November 14, 2014) was an American musician, television producer and writer. His best known work in television was as the creator of the television series ""Alias Smith and Jones"", ""Battlestar Galactica"", ""Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"", ""Quincy,"
"of evolution and secular education. De Lancie is an experienced sailor who spends a lot of his time on the Pacific Ocean, which ""sometimes involves very terrifying experiences."" John de Lancie John de Lancie (born November 13, 1948) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, and voice artist, best known for his role as Q in """" (1987–94) and the voice of in """" (2010–present). He has been featured in several recurring roles on television series, including Frank Simmons in ""Stargate SG-1"" (1997–2007) and Donald Margolis in ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–13). De Lancie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"
"was written by Bill Wrubel and directed by series producer James Burrows. In July 2005, it was announced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) that ""Will & Grace""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s season premiere for season eight would be performed live. It was also confirmed that actor Alec Baldwin would appear in the episode. This was Baldwin's third appearance, as he guest starred in two episodes from season seven, playing Will's boss. His initial decision to do the show was to work with Megan Mullally, who plays Karen; ""I just love Megan. And so I said, 'Well, if you let me do it with"
"to eight; he became executive producer in season six. Adam Bernstein, who directed the pilot episode, ""My First Day"", also directed 11 episodes up until season seven. Michael Spiller directed the most episodes, 20 during the entire series run. Ken Whittingham and Chris Koch both directed 12 episodes from seasons two to nine. Comedian Michael McDonald, who also appeared on the show, directed five episodes. Show star Zach Braff directed seven episodes of the show, including the landmark 100th episode ""My Way Home"", which won a Peabody Award in April 2007. In 2009, Josh Bycel, a writer and supervising producer"
"of Warren Leight, who served as show runner, executive producer, and head writer in seasons six and seven, it was announced in July 2008 that Walon Green and Robert Nathan would share Leight's role for the forthcoming eighth season, handling eight episodes each; however, after making two episodes, Nathan was replaced by ""Law & Order"" executive producer Ed Zuckerman. Michael Chernuchin co-executive produces Green's episodes, and Tim Lea co-executive produces Zuckerman's episodes. Wolf and Peter Jankowski are also credited as executive producers, as with all other ""Law & Order"" series. Other executive producers on the series are Norberto Barba, Diana"
"seven. Cartoon Network was encouraged to greenlight the miniseries after the success of the 2014 event series ""Over the Garden Wall"", which was created by Pat McHale, the former creative director of ""Adventure Time"". The eight-episode miniseries, entitled ""Stakes"", follows Finn and Jake as they face a new threat brought about when one of Princess Bubblegum's science projects unleashes the ghosts of Marceline's past. Former storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar returned to write a new song for the miniseries (entitled ""Everything Stays"") and to voice Marceline's mother. The voice actors for the season included: Jeremy Shada (Finn the Human), John DiMaggio"
"by his wife Betty Louise née Bender, and their children, Cindy Dunne, Christie Rule and James Rule. Elton Rule Elton H. Rule (June 13, 1917-May 5, 1990) was an American television executive and former president of the American Broadcasting Company. Assuming the presidency at a time when ABC was a distant third in the Nielsen ratings, Rule is credited with greatly expanding network revenue, ratings, affiliates and profits. He is also credited with developing the miniseries, beginning with an adaptation of ""QB VII"" in 1974 and including the landmark ""Roots"" in 1977. Rule served as network president from 1972 to"
"Seven Pounds Seven Pounds is a 2008 American drama film, directed by Gabriele Muccino, in which Will Smith stars as a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, and Barry Pepper also star. The film was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on December 19, 2008, by Columbia Pictures. Despite receiving negative reviews, it was a box-office success, grossing US $168,168,201 worldwide. The protagonist of the film dials 911 to report his own suicide. He then narrates how God created the world in seven days, and how he managed"
"again. During this time he wrote for various series, such as the BBC science-fiction show ""Blake's 7"", on which he had been offered the Script Editor's post when it began in 1978, but declined as he had only just finished his role as such on ""Doctor Who"" and was not keen to go back to such strenuous work so quickly. Instead, he recommended writer Chris Boucher, who he had used on ""Doctor Who"", to the Producer, and thus it was Boucher who in turn commissioned Holmes to write for the show. One of the most notorious moments in the series"
"John de Lancie John de Lancie (born November 13, 1948) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, and voice artist, best known for his role as Q in """" (1987–94) and the voice of in """" (2010–present). He has been featured in several recurring roles on television series, including Frank Simmons in ""Stargate SG-1"" (1997–2007) and Donald Margolis in ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–13). De Lancie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 13, 1948, one of two siblings born to John Sherwood de Lancie (July 26, 1921 – May 17, 2002) -- who was principal oboist of the"
"four seasons and was co-executive producer; Eric Weinberg, who wrote 11 episodes during the first six seasons and was co-executive producer; Matt Tarses, who wrote eight episodes during the first four seasons and was co-executive producer. Notable writers who joined in the second season include Tim Hobert, who wrote 11 episodes from seasons two to six, and became executive producer in season five. Angela Nissel wrote 10 episodes from seasons two to eight, starting out as a staff writer and became supervising producer in season seven. Bill Callahan joined the show in season four, writing eight episodes from seasons four"
"History of Blake's 7 Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for its station BBC1. Set in the far future, ""Blake's 7"" follows the fortunes of a group of rebels in their fight against the dictatorial Terran Federation Four thirteen-episode series were produced between 1978 and 1981. ""Blake's 7"" was created by Terry Nation, who later described it as """"The Dirty Dozen"" in space” David Maloney was assigned to produce the series and Chris Boucher was appointed as the script editor. Gareth Thomas was cast as the eponymous Blake."
"In February 2011, however, CBS and Warner Bros. decided to end production for the rest of the eighth season after Sheen entered drug rehabilitation and made ""disparaging comments"" about the series' creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre. Sheen's contract was terminated the following month and he was confirmed not to be returning to the series. Ashton Kutcher was hired to replace him the following season as Walden Schmidt, a billionaire who buys Charlie's house after his death. In April 2013, CBS renewed the series for an eleventh season after closing one-year deals with Kutcher and Cryer. Jones, who was attending"
"Edward the Seventh Edward the Seventh is a 1975 British television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his youth, and Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria. It was directed by John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7-10 with David Butler writing the remainder of the series. Only the final three episodes dramatised Edward as King (in line with his short, nine-year reign, which did not begin until he was nearly sixty"
"Blake's 7 (audio drama) There have been three producers of Blake's 7 audio dramas: BBC Radio, B7 Productions and Big Finish Productions. In 1998, the series returned to the BBC on the radio. The stories are set between the season D episodes ""Stardrive"" and ""Animals"". They were broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The roles of Dayna and Soolin, played by Josette Simon and Glynis Barber in the TV series, have been recast with Angela Bruce and Paula Wilcox. In 2006, B7 Productions announced that it had recorded a series of 36 five-minute audio adventures. The new series was broadcast on"
"the Fendahl"". One of his contributions to ""Doctor Who"" was the creation of the character Leela (Louise Jameson), the savage companion who featured in the series during 1977 and 1978. The character was based on the Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled. Boucher was commissioned for the programme by Robert Holmes, who suggested that Boucher should be appointed as script editor for the science fiction series ""Blake's 7"" (1978–81). He served in this role for the entirety of its four-series run, and also wrote several episodes himself, including the final episode. In 1987 he created his own series ""Star Cops"", which combined"