"Down to Earth (2000 TV series) Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon. The music in the series was composed by Sheridan Tongue and Tony Hadley, and had the song ""After All this Time"" as its opening and closing credits in series 2 and 3. The first series starred Pauline Quirke as Faith Addis, a teacher, and"
"Warren Clarke as her long-suffering husband Brian, as they encountered various misfortunes and difficulties in adjusting to their new rural lifestyle, which isn't helped by their uncooperative children's attitude to moving to a new location. The series was generally light in tone, although took a tragic turn following Brian's death in a road accident in series three. In 2003 the Addis family leave the farm for good. They are replaced by the Brewer family. Matt Brewer (Ian Kelsey) is Brian's cousin. He leaves the big city with his young new wife Frankie (Angela Griffin) and his three children from his"
"Amy Acker Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976 is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series ""Angel"" (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series ""Alias"" (2005–2006), and as Root on the science-fiction drama series ""Person of Interest"" (2012–2016). As of 2017, she stars as Caitlin Strucker on the superhero drama series ""The Gifted"", based on Marvel Comics' X-Men. Acker was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, to a homemaker mother and a lawyer father. She studied ballet and modern dance for 14 years. She underwent"
"third revived series of ""Birds of a Feather"" began airing on 7 January 2016 finishing in March with a Christmas special aired in December 2016. He is represented by Q Management. Quirke is the son of actress Pauline Quirke, who plays Sharon in ""Birds of a Feather"". Charlie Quirke Charlie Quirke is a British actor, best known for playing Travis Stubbs in the ITV sitcom ""Birds of a Feather"". In 2006, Quirke played Danny Parks in an episode of the BBC One medical drama ""Casualty"". In 2014, Quirke joined the cast of the revived series of ""Birds of a Feather"""
"and a daughter, born in 2006. Amy Acker Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976 is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series ""Angel"" (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series ""Alias"" (2005–2006), and as Root on the science-fiction drama series ""Person of Interest"" (2012–2016). As of 2017, she stars as Caitlin Strucker on the superhero drama series ""The Gifted"", based on Marvel Comics' X-Men. Acker was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, to a homemaker mother and a lawyer father. She studied ballet and modern"
"and John Clarke, an actor who was an original cast member of the daytime soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"". One of three siblings, Clarke's sister, Heidi, died in 1994 of a malignant heart tumor. She has a brother, Joshua. Clarke appeared on the daytime soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"" as Faith Taylor (where her father was a senior cast member), and starred on ""Soldier of Fortune, Inc."" for both of its seasons. She also guest starred on """" as the Amazon chieftain Velasca, ""Firefly"" as the brothel madam Nandi, ""Charmed"" as the Siren, and has had six appearances"
"the programme. On 2 January 2014, Quirke returned to play Sharon Theodopolopodous when ITV decided to revive ""Birds of a Feather"". The second series premiered on 26 December 2014 and the third on 7 January 2016. She has been a guest panellist on ""Loose Women"" on two occasions. In 2015, she played the role of Paula Winton in the ten-part comedy thriller ""You, Me and the Apocalypse"" for Sky1. Quirke has two children, Emily and Charlie (who stars as Travis in ""Birds of a Feather"") and is married to producer Steve Sheen. During an appearance on ""The Paul O'Grady Show"""
"Quirke (TV series) Quirke is a British-Irish crime drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One and RTÉ One in 2014. The three-part series is based on the Quirke novels by John Banville, writing under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, and was adapted by Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson. ""Quirke"" was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson. The executive producers are Jessica Pope for the BBC, Ed Guiney for Element Pictures and Joan Egan for Tyrone Productions and Lisa Osborne as producer. A £389,388 production loan from the Irish Film Board was provided for the series. The series"
"Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama, adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth starred as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Produced by Sue Birtwistle and directed by Simon Langton, the serial was a BBC production with additional funding from the American A&E Network. BBC1 originally broadcast the 55-minute episodes from 24 September to 29 October 1995. The A&E Network aired the series in double episodes on three consecutive nights beginning 14 January 1996. Critically acclaimed and a popular success,"
"Providence (U.S. TV series) Providence is an American television drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002. The show revolves around Dr. Sydney Hansen (played by Kanakaredes), who left her glamorous job in Beverly Hills as a plastic surgeon for the rich, so she could return to her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, and be with her family. Sydney lives with her father Jim, brother Robbie, sister Joanie, and Joanie's baby Hannah in a large home in suburban Providence that also houses her father's veterinary"
"The Beiderbecke Connection The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of ""The Beiderbecke Trilogy"" and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called ""Ivan"". Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last adventure"
"are regularly shown on Drama and Alibi. Maisie Raine Maisie Raine is an English television crime drama series, first broadcast on BBC One, that ran from 28 July 1998 to 9 July 1999. Pauline Quirke starred as the eponymous title character, an unorthodox detective whose hands on yet down-to-earth approach is not always appreciated by her superiors. Created by Stephen Bill, a total of twelve episodes were broadcast across two series. The first series featured a running story arc involving Maisie's wayward brother Kelvin (Paul Reynolds), and had a much lighter feel than the second, which featured grittier storylines including"
"also focused on the relationships with Cass and Frankie, Ryan and Vicki, and Paulina and Jake. Mac's death ushered in the appearance of his illegitimate daughter, Paulina Cantrell (Cali Timmins), who fought to prove her legitimacy as a Cory. Cass fell in love with eccentric private investigator Frankie Frame (Alice Barrett), who had psychic abilities, but they faced numerous obstacles to be together; the biggest hindrance was Cass's presumed-dead wife Kathleen returning to Bay City after being in the Witness Protection Program. Sharlene dealt with multiple personality disorder and was terrorized by her psychiatrist, Dr. Taylor Benson (Christine Andreas), who"
"Alias (TV series) Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams, that was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001, to May 22, 2006. It stars Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a double agent for the Central Intelligence Agency posing as an operative for SD-6, a worldwide criminal and espionage organization. The main theme of the series explores Sydney's obligation to conceal her true career from her friends and family, even as she assumes multiple aliases to carry out her missions. This theme is most prevalent in the first two seasons of the"
"Her run on the NBC soap opera centered on her battles with childhood abuse and her relationship with Justin Kiriakis, played by Wally Kurth. After she left the show in 1991, she joined ""Another World"" that year as Paulina Cory Carlino until the show ended in 1999. After a short break from daytime, she returned to ""DAYS"" in 2003 as an entirely different character, Bonnie Lockhart and remained in the role until 2007 when she was immediately brought back as Adrienne from 2007-2008 and then since 2010. In between her second and third runs on ""DAYS"", Evans joined the cast"
"Ed (TV series) Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004. The hour-long comedy-drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Stevens, the title character, Julie Bowen as his love interest Carol Phyllis Vessey, Josh Randall as his friend Dr. Mike Burton, Jana Marie Hupp as Mike's wife Nancy, Lesley Boone as their friend Molly Hudson, and Justin Long as awkward high-school student Warren Cheswick. Other supporting cast members included Michael Genadry and Ginnifer Goodwin as Warren's friends Mark and Diane, and Michael Ian Black,"
"Dr. Arthur Arden (James Cromwell), the latter of whom routinely conducts scientific operations on patients. The institution is run under the watchful eye of the stern Sister Jude (Jessica Lange), as well as her second-in-command, the naive Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe), and the founder of the institution, Monsignor Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes). Briarcliff's inhabitants are routinely subject to supernatural and scientific influences, including demonic possession and extraterrestrial abduction. Set in the year 2013, the season follows the dwindling descendants of the witches who survived the Salem Witch Trials and their struggle to hide their identity in the modern world."
"Charlie Quirke Charlie Quirke is a British actor, best known for playing Travis Stubbs in the ITV sitcom ""Birds of a Feather"". In 2006, Quirke played Danny Parks in an episode of the BBC One medical drama ""Casualty"". In 2014, Quirke joined the cast of the revived series of ""Birds of a Feather"" on ITV playing Travis Stubbs, Tracey's (Linda Robson) son. He also starred in the 2014 ""Text Santa"" special of ""Birds of a Feather"", guest starring Paul O'Grady. The show returned for a second series, beginning on 26 December 2014 and running through until 12 February 2015. A"
"by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. Alias (TV series) Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams, that was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001, to May 22, 2006. It stars Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, a double agent for the Central Intelligence Agency posing as an operative for SD-6, a worldwide criminal and espionage organization. The main theme of the series explores Sydney's obligation to conceal her true career from her friends and family, even as she assumes multiple aliases to carry out her missions. This theme is most prevalent in the first"
"AAU, while Lucinda Dryzek stars as Jasmine Burrows, an F1 doctor on Darwin ward, and later Keller ward and the AAU. Alex Walkinshaw plays Adrian Fletcher, the ward manager of the AAU and later, director of nursing services, while Kaye Wragg portrays Essie Harrison, the transplant co-ordinator and a staff nurse on Keller ward. Ben Hull, Jules Robertson and Marc Elliott continue their semi-regular roles as consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist Derwood ""Mr T"" Thompson, clinical audit assistant (and later, porter) Jason Haynes and general surgical specialist registrar Issac Mayfield. Henry departs the series in episode 3 although producers confirmed it was a"
"Cross (Ann Mitchell), being injured after falling from a ladder, discovering that Denise's fiancé Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) had sex with prostitute Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), suffering a stroke, a relationship with Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas) and becoming embroiled in Claudette's feud with her son Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood). On 7 December 2015, Walker filmed his 1,000th episode as Patrick. Trinidadian Patrick arrives in Walford for his former wife Audrey Trueman's (Corinne Skinner-Carter) funeral, reuniting with his two sons, Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle) and Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey), after decades apart. After a period of adjustment, the Trueman brothers accept"
"an even greater sense of event."" Missing (2009 TV series) Missing is a British daytime television crime drama series starring Pauline Quirke and Mark Wingett. The series is set in a busy, under-resourced missing-persons unit, and follows the team led by DS Mary Jane ""MJ"" Croft (Quirke). The first series of five episodes aired on BBC One in 2009, with an extended second series of 10 episodes airing in 2010. It was filmed in and around Dover, Kent, and Tonbridge, Kent. The series also starred Felix Scott and Pooja Shah as Croft's sidekicks, Jason Doyle and Amy Garnett. Guest stars"
"as Emily (seasons 1–present), Juliette's assistant; Melvin Ray Kearney II as BO (season 1-present), Juliette Barnes’s Bodyguard and one of the limited few that she trusts. J. Karen Thomas as Audrey Carlisle (season 1), Coleman's wife; and Derek Krantz as Brent McKinney (season 2), an openly gay marketing and public relations employee who works for Jeff's record company who once dated Will; Kyle Dean Massey as Kevin Bicks (season 3–5), an openly gay country music singer-songwriter. For the fifth season, folk-Americana singer Rhiannon Giddens and indie-pop singer Bridgit Mendler joined the cast as Hallie Jordan and Ashley Wilkenson. Giddens held"
"having a relationship. Series 1–7 have been released on DVD. Peak Practice Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. The series"
"will forever be remembered as the perfect Mr. Darcy"", and Gene Seymour stated in a 2008 ""Newsday"" article that Firth was ""'universally acknowledged' as the definitive Mr. Darcy"". Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) Pride and Prejudice is a six-episode 1995 British television drama, adapted by Andrew Davies from Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth starred as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Produced by Sue Birtwistle and directed by Simon Langton, the serial was a BBC production with additional funding from the American A&E Network. BBC1 originally broadcast the 55-minute episodes from 24"
"The Beiderbecke Affair The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits in British television since the 1960s included the four-part mini series ""Get Lost!"" for ITV in 1981. ""The Beiderbecke Affair"" has a similar style to ""Get Lost!"", wherein Neville Keaton (Alun Armstrong) and Judy Threadgold (Bridget Turner) played in an ensemble cast. Although ""The Beiderbecke Affair"" was intended as a sequel to ""Get Lost!"", Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of ""The"
"All in Good Faith All in Good Faith is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1985 to 1988. Starring Richard Briers, it was written by John Kane. ""All in Good Faith"" was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. ""All in Good Faith"" was written especially for its lead star, ""The Good Life"" actor Richard Briers. The series was his first ITV sitcom. He played the Reverend Philip Lambe who, in his middle age, decides to move from his wealthy Oxfordshire parish to one in Edendale, a fictional urban town in the Midlands. He is determined to"
"Knowledge Network in Canada in August 2015. The DVD edition of ""Quirke"" was released in the UK on 9 June 2014. Quirke (TV series) Quirke is a British-Irish crime drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One and RTÉ One in 2014. The three-part series is based on the Quirke novels by John Banville, writing under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, and was adapted by Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson. ""Quirke"" was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson. The executive producers are Jessica Pope for the BBC, Ed Guiney for Element Pictures and Joan Egan for Tyrone Productions"
"Maisie Raine Maisie Raine is an English television crime drama series, first broadcast on BBC One, that ran from 28 July 1998 to 9 July 1999. Pauline Quirke starred as the eponymous title character, an unorthodox detective whose hands on yet down-to-earth approach is not always appreciated by her superiors. Created by Stephen Bill, a total of twelve episodes were broadcast across two series. The first series featured a running story arc involving Maisie's wayward brother Kelvin (Paul Reynolds), and had a much lighter feel than the second, which featured grittier storylines including drug dealing, armed robbery, arson and murder."
"four episodes are titled by incipit, that is, the title is simply the first spoken words heard in each episode. The Beiderbecke Connection The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of ""The Beiderbecke Trilogy"" and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called ""Ivan"". Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English"
"Missing (2009 TV series) Missing is a British daytime television crime drama series starring Pauline Quirke and Mark Wingett. The series is set in a busy, under-resourced missing-persons unit, and follows the team led by DS Mary Jane ""MJ"" Croft (Quirke). The first series of five episodes aired on BBC One in 2009, with an extended second series of 10 episodes airing in 2010. It was filmed in and around Dover, Kent, and Tonbridge, Kent. The series also starred Felix Scott and Pooja Shah as Croft's sidekicks, Jason Doyle and Amy Garnett. Guest stars who appeared throughout the series run"
"maiden name of Sisk) made her television acting debut on ABC's daytime soap opera ""Loving"" in 1991, playing the character of Allison ""Ally"" Rescott Bowman. She also starred in ""The City"" from 1995 to 1997 as the same character, and then she played the role of Cassie Layne Winslow on CBS soap opera ""Guiding Light"" from 1997 to 2005. On September 12, 2005, Wright was cast as the fourth actress to play the character of Carly Corinthos on ABC's ""General Hospital"". ABC Daytime executive Brian Frons stated in a statement, ""Carly is a complex character, and we are excited to"
"2016, it was announced that Clark would again reprise her portrayal as Carrie in 2017. Carrie, a lawyer, also returned when her mother Anna was accused of a murder for several weeks in early 2018. Throughout the show, Carrie has been involved in classic soap opera storylines. Her romantic pairing with Austin Reed (Austin Peck; Patrick Muldoon) led them to be labeled a supercouple. She is the daughter of Anna DiMera (Leann Hunley) and Roman Brady (at the time Wayne Northrop, later Josh Taylor), though as a child she was mainly raised by her step-parents, Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) and"