"baby. However, due to poor viewing figures and a damning critical response the sitcom was not renewed. Regarding the negative reception to the series, her co-star Clive Mantle saracastically remarked ""I've seen murderers and rapists get a better press than we did"". Lancashire continued to star as Ruth Goddard in ""Where the Heart Is"" for its second and third series in 1998 and 1999. In 1998 she was nominated for her second National Television Award for Most Popular Actress. In February 1999 she made a guest appearance in the British dark comedy anthology series ""Murder Most Horrid"" alongside comedian Dawn"
"The District Nurse The District Nurse is a British television series, produced by BBC Wales and shown on BBC One between 1984 and 1987. The series was a period drama created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland (who both went on to create ""EastEnders"") and starred Nerys Hughes as Megan Roberts, the titular district nurse fighting to improve living conditions for the people living in a poverty stricken mining town, Pencwm, in South Wales during the late 1920s. The School scenes were filmed at Pont-y-gof school in Ebbw Vale, shortly before the old school was demolished. The children and teachers"
"New Zealand. It was also dubbed and aired in Iran between 1984 and 1987. The first series of ""The District Nurse"" is available on DVD (Region 2, UK) from DD Home Entertainment. The second series has yet to be scheduled. The District Nurse The District Nurse is a British television series, produced by BBC Wales and shown on BBC One between 1984 and 1987. The series was a period drama created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland (who both went on to create ""EastEnders"") and starred Nerys Hughes as Megan Roberts, the titular district nurse fighting to improve living conditions"
"early part of the 20th century, particularly those produced by Mancunian Films, often contain Lancashire dialect: the films of George Formby, Gracie Fields and Frank Randle are some examples. The 1990s sitcom Dinnerladies, written by comedian Victoria Wood who was brought up near Ramsbottom, used Lancashire accents, and the Accrington actress, Mina Anwar portrayed the Lancastrian police officer Habeeb in ""The Thin Blue Line"". 'Bubble', a character in 'Absolutely Fabulous' played by Jane Horrocks from Rawtenstall, speaks with a strong (Rossendale) Lancashire accent. The ninth incarnation of the titular character of ""Doctor Who"", played by Salford native and actor Christopher"
"In 1987, Lancashire made a brief appearance in ""Coronation Street"" as Wendy Farmer, a prospective lodger of series regular Jack Duckworth (Bill Tarmey). In the late 1980s, she also appeared in an episode of the children's anthology series ""Dramarama"", and a single episode of the ITV sitcom ""Watching"". In 1990, Lancashire received her ""big break"" — the role of Linda in a production of Willy Russell's ""Blood Brothers"" at the Albery Theatre. Although she thoroughly enjoyed performing in London's West End, she found it difficult to reconcile the experience with raising two young children in Manchester. Two weeks after finishing"
"Kiri (TV series) Kiri is a four-part British television crime drama miniseries starring Sarah Lancashire. It aired on Channel 4 from 10 to 31 January 2018. The series is set in Bristol. It centres on the abduction of Kiri Akindele (Felicia Mukasa), a nine-year-old black girl. Kiri lives with her foster parents Jim and Alice Warner (Steven Mackintosh and Lia Williams) and their teenage son Si (Finn Bennett). The Warners are a middle-class white couple who fostered her at age four and are about to adopt her. Miriam Grayson (Lancashire), is a disorganised middle-aged social worker.Kiri is in her care."
"2010 revival of ""Upstairs Downstairs"". In September 2012 Lancashire began appearing as Head of Ladieswear Miss Audrey in the six-part series ""The Paradise"" set in a department store in Northern England in the late 19th century. Lancashire described her character as ""a true archetypal spinster"" who has long denied herself a romantic life and who begins to feel undermined by a younger colleague. Between November 2012 and December 2016 Lancashire appeared opposite Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi in the BBC drama series ""Last Tango in Halifax"". In the series she plays Caroline, an Oxford-educated headmistress who feels that her mother's"
"Hobbs Bursary. One of Hughes's early dramatic roles was in Ken Loach's television series titled ""Diary of a Young Man"" in 1964. She is best known for the role of Sandra Hutchinson in the enormously successful BBC TV series ""The Liver Birds"" which ran from 1969 to 1978 with a brief revival in 1996. Her main co-stars were Mollie Sugden and Polly James. She later played the eponymous lead in ""The District Nurse"", a series which was written for her, and won the Variety Club Television Actress of the Year Award. The series was released on DVD in 2006. She"
"have earned Lancashire a number of awards and nominations over a career spanning four decades, including two British Academy Television Award wins out of five nominations. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama. Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire was born on 10 October 1964 in Oldham, Lancashire. Her father, Geoffrey Lancashire (1933–2004), was a television scriptwriter noted for his work on the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" and situation comedies such as ""The Cuckoo Waltz"". Her mother, Hilda, worked as Geoffrey's personal assistant. She has three brothers, one"
"""Boston Public"". In 2005 she starred in the TV movie ""Living With the Enemy"". Most notably, she appeared as Ellie Bartowski Woodcomb on the NBC series ""Chuck"" from 2007 to 2012. Lancaster has also worked as a jealous girlfriend-turned-serial killer in the movie ""Lovers Lane"", and as the blackjack dealer, Veronica Harold, on CBS's short-lived ""Dr. Vegas"". Lancaster is married to attorney Matthew Jacobs. She gave birth to their son in June 2011. Sarah Lancaster Sarah Lancaster (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her long-running roles as Rachel Meyers in the NBC series """""
"as a mercy killing. Chief then escapes by lifting up the hydrotherapy cart and throwing it through a window. Nurse Ratched was a recurring character in the ABC series ""Once Upon a Time"". She is portrayed by Ingrid Torrance and works for the Evil Queen as a nurse in the mental hospital in Storybrooke. Although she appears in several episodes, her name is first revealed in the fifth season premiere ""The Dark Swan"". Actress Sarah Paulson will portray the character in Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix adaptation, ""Ratched"". Louise Fletcher won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of"
"her role as Jasmine. The series featured an ensemble cast of characters in the medical profession. Returning from the show's first series were George Irving as consultant Anton Meyer, Michael French and Dawn McDaniel as registrars Nick Jordan and Kirstie Collins, Lisa Faulkner as senior house officer Victoria Merrick, Sarah Preston and Angela Griffin as ward sisters Karen Newburn and Jasmine Hopkins, Nicola Stephenson as nurse Julie Fitzjohn, and Ian Curtis as senior staff nurse Ray Sykes. The series also introduced Clive Mantle as general surgical consultant Mike Barratt, Jan Pearson as ward sister Kath Shaughnessy, Jeremy Edwards as Kath's"
"appeared as factory employee Yvonne Kolakowski, a widow with a dysfunctional personal life, in the BBC One drama series ""Clocking Off"". Lancashire used her own experiences as a single mother in her characterisation. In March, she played actress Coral Atkins in the television film ""Seeing Red"". Lancashire found shooting the drama, which detailed Atkins' decision to quit her acting career in order to set up a care home for abused children, ""mentally draining"". Lancashire then spent eight weeks filming the BBC One legal sitcom ""Chambers"" in which she played ""ambitious"" and ""bigoted"" barrister Ruth Quirke. The series was aired from"
"directed her in ""Oliver Twist"", for a 2009 television adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ""Wuthering Heights"" in which she played housekeeper Nelly Dean. In 2010 Lancashire portrayed Rosemary Nicholls, mother of a murder victim, in the three-part BBC drama ""Five Daughters""; a depiction of the Ipswich serial murders from the perspective of the victims and their families. Though the pair never met, Lancashire felt it important to receive Nicholls consent before filming, and was later ""humbled"" and ""relieved"" to receive a feedback letter thanking her for her portrayal. Also in 2010 she guest-starred in the police drama series ""Inspector"
"in the fictional English village of Moreton Harwood in 1981. In the programme, Sarah and K9 investigate the disappearance of Brendan Richards (Ian Sears), the ward of Sarah's Aunt Lavinia (Mary Wimbush), in the wake of increasing reports of witchcraft. Under a different production team, the overall concept of a Sarah Jane and K9 series did eventually come to fruition: ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" (2007–2011), featuring both of these key characters and actors (though K9 and Leeson only appear in some episodes). The programme has its roots firmly in the desire of ""Doctor Who"" producer John Nathan-Turner to get Elisabeth"
"2017 but pulled out on 1 September ""on doctor's advice"" and was replaced by Tamsin Greig. In 2018 she starred as Miriam –billed as an ""experienced, no-nonsense social worker"" – in ""Kiri"", a four-part drama series written by Jack Thorne, co-produced by Channel 4 and the American on-demand service Hulu. The miniseries centres on a black girl living with a white foster couple who is murdered on a visit to her family, putting Miriam and the social services under scrutiny. Lancashire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to"
"– Amber McWilliams (26 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Frank Coats – David Bradshaw (24 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Hilda Burton – Ilona Rodgers (24 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Samuel Burton – Bill Kerr (24 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Isambard – Claire Chitham (9 episodes, 1990)<br> Constable Carmody – Andrew Robertt (5 episodes, 1990-1991)<br> Lewis Duncan – Timothy Raby (3 episodes, 1990)<br> Lord Fordham – Frederick Treves (2 episodes, 1990)<br> Nigel – Christian Burgess (2 episodes, 1990) Season 2 (1992)<br> Isabela ""Bella"" Barrett - Rebecca Gooden<br> Doctor Austin - Peter Bensley<br> Connie - Caroline Winnall<br> Kathy (S02E04) - Tyler-Jane Mitchel<br> Sergeant Pickles - Henry Salter<br> Weeks - Nicholas Bell<br>"
"of hour-long episodes that focused on police, and Five Daughters, where the detectives plodded and obeyed procedure and got lucky with some DNA."" Andrea Mullaney, meanwhile, said ""It's not just an interesting twist, of course"" [...] ""But it's also about redressing the wrong done to these victims, whose deaths meant that their lives were boiled down to the aspect they had in common, and which put them at risk: they worked as prostitutes and were, or had been, drug users."" Five Daughters Five Daughters is a British television drama mini-series starring Ian Hart, Sarah Lancashire, Jaime Winstone and Juliet Aubrey."
"Sarah Lancaster Sarah Lancaster (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her long-running roles as Rachel Meyers in the NBC series """" and Ellie Bartowski in the NBC comedy-spy series ""Chuck"", as well as playing Chloe Grefe in ""Lovers Lane"", Madison Kellner on The WB's ""Everwood"", and Marjorie in ABC's TV series ""What About Brian"". Lancaster has appeared on ""Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"", ""Dawson's Creek"", ""That '70s Show"", ""Scrubs"", and """". She also landed two recurring roles: on The WB series, ""Everwood"", as Ephram's love interest Madison Kellner; and on David E. Kelley's FOX series,"
"both topical and, more importantly, excellent drama."" ""The Daily Mail"" also described the series as a ""slick, contemporary crime thriller"". My Fragile Heart My Fragile Heart is a two-part British television crime drama miniseries, written by Abi Morgan, that first broadcast on ITV on 17 September 2000. The series starred Sarah Lancashire as Trina Lavery, a young woman who returns to her childhood home to look after her terminally ill mother, only to find the man accused of the murder of her best friend several years ago living nearby. The series was directed by Gavin Millar, with Rebecca De Souza"
"June 2000. Lancashire's final role in 2000 was in the two-part drama thriller ""My Fragile Heart"". Lancashire's output in 2000 earned her several awards. She was voted best actress at the TV Quick Awards in September 2000 for her roles in ""Clocking Off"" and ""Seeing Red"", and in October was voted Most Popular Actress at the 6th National Television Awards for ""Seeing Red"". In March 2001 she was named Drama Performer of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Club, with mention of her work in ""Clocking Off"" and ""Seeing Red"". Following Lancashire's success in connecting with a television"
"also revealed to have been struck off by the General Medical Council. Cherished (film) Cherished is a single British true crime drama, written by acclaimed screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes, that first broadcast on BBC One on 22 February 2005. Starring Sarah Lancashire as protagonist Angela Cannings, the drama is based on Cannings' wrongful conviction for the deaths of two of her infant children, Jason and Matthew. Directed by Robin Sheppard, the drama also stars Timothy Spall as Angela's husband Terry, Emma Cunniffe as Angela's sister Claire; and Ian McNeice as her defence barrister; Bill Bache. The drama was a joint production"
"Angela Griffin Angela Mellissa Griffin (born 19 July 1976 in Leeds) is an English actress and television presenter who has been active on British television since the early 1990s. Griffin attended Intake High School in Leeds. She grew up on Cottingley Estate, near Beeston. Griffin appeared in the popular long-running ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"" in 1992, playing a minor character called Tina. Between 1993-98, she appeared in ""Coronation Street"" as hairdresser Fiona Middleton. Subsequently, she joined the original cast of the BBC medical drama series ""Holby City"" as Staff Nurse Jasmine Hopkins, but left at the end of the third"
"wing feminist. After Lesley Sharp left the role after the first series and Sarah Lancashire took over, Ruth became more of comic neurotic, but many of the 'original' Ruth's harder characteristics were later given to the character who replaced her in the second run of the television series, Alex Kahn. Chambers (series) Chambers was a BBC radio and television sitcom. It was written by barrister Clive Coleman and starred John Bird and Sarah Lancashire in both versions. The radio version was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in three series between 1996 and 1999, and the television version was broadcast on"
"he gets increasingly emotional, confesses, admitting that he was with her on the day – she ran away and fell accidentally and hit her head on a rock... ""what was I supposed to do?"" Official ratings are taken from BARB. It was well received by television critics. However, it attracted criticism from some social workers; they perceived the programme as having a negative portrayal of their profession and said that an incompetent rule-breaker such as Miriam would not have kept her job for as long. Kiri (TV series) Kiri is a four-part British television crime drama miniseries starring Sarah Lancashire."
"Care"" (1982) and ""Our Winnie"" (1982). She played Calpurnia and Mistress Quickly for the BBC's Shakespeare series, appeared in ""Doctor Who"" in the 1987 Sylvester McCoy serial ""Paradise Towers"" and was the title witch in a children's series called ""Simon and the Witch"" (1987). In 1990, she gave a memorable performance as one of the God-fearing gossips in the BBC adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's ""Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"" and in 1992, was in television versions of Kingsley Amis's ""The Old Devils"" and Angus Wilson's ""Anglo-Saxon Attitudes"". In 1994, she played the midwife Mrs Gamp in the BBC's adaptation"
"Sarah Tansey Sarah Julia Tansey (born 1972 Wimbledon, London) is a British actress. She had a role in ""Heartbeat"" as pharmacist Jenny Merton (née Latimer) who was brought in to help Dr Summerbee (Clare Calbraith) in the Aidensfield surgery. When Dr Summerbee was killed off, Jenny continued as the pharmacist alongside Dr Merrick, but she developed mental health symptoms and was diagnosed with mania, which was Sarah and Duncan Bell’s (Dennis Merton) exit storyline. Other roles included the shows ""Casualty"", ""Where the Heart Is"" and ""The Bill"". She has also appeared in films ""Far from the Madding Crowd"" and ""Beginner's"
"In the video, Sky denounces the fashion model industry and calls on viewers to fight for the creation of labor unions for models, stricter regulations on the employment of children, and an end to what she describes as the systematic abuses of the industry. Jennifer Sky Jennifer Sky (born Jennifer Wacha; October 13, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Webber in ""General Hospital"" (1997–1998) and Cleopatra, the title character in the campy science fiction series ""Cleopatra 2525"". Sky was raised in Jensen Beach, Florida. At 15, she was offered two months of summer"
"her run in ""Blood Brothers"", Lancashire auditioned for the role of new ""Coronation Street"" character Raquel Wolstenhulme, a colleague of supermarket employee Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy). Lancashire joined on a three-month contract, continuing to teach at Salford University for another year. Raquel first appeared on 25 January 1991 and departed on 10 May; having moved to London to try to launch a modelling career. Lancashire had initially been reserved about Raquel's characterisation, noting that her ""acidic side"" could have rendered her the ""street bitch"" had it been embellished. She took care to highlight Raquel's potential, playing against what had been"
"Best Dramatic Performance, and the BAFTA TV award for Best Actress. In March 2015 Lancashire began filming a television adaptation of Ronald Harwoods 1980 play ""The Dresser"". In the teleplay, which aired in October 2015, Lancashire portrayed stage manager Madge, whose unrequited love for 'Sir' (Anthony Hopkins), the head of a repertory theatre company, pits her at odds with his dresser and confidant, Norman (Ian McKellen). Lancashire described ""The Dresser"" as ""the greatest piece ever written about actors"" and found both working with and observing McKellen and Hopkins – ""two of the greatest actors ever"" – an extraordinary experience. Following"
"by Woodburne herself.) This was followed by the role of Susan Kennedy in ""Neighbours"", a role she has played since 1994. Woodburne previously played the sister of Alan Fletcher's character in ""Cop Shop"" in 1982–1983, before they were cast as husband and wife Karl and Susan in ""Neighbours"". Other soap opera roles include a brief appearance in the very first episode of ""Sons and Daughters"" (playing Patricia Dunne in flashbacks), a couple of episodes of ""A Country Practice"", and a larger role in ""The Young Doctors"" where she played Nurse Maggie Gordon from 1980 to 1981. In 2005, she was"
"the shared cultural knowledge of the audience as she wept for herself and millions of other women like her."" Lancashire is the daughter of Geoffrey Lancashire, a scriptwriter who worked on 171 episodes of ""Coronation Street"" during the 1960s. She made her first ""Coronation Street"" appearance in 1987, shortly after graduating from drama school. Lancashire had a walk-on role as Wendy Farmer, a nurse who enquired about lodging with established character Jack Duckworth (William Tarmey). the actress then spent a year performing in West End theatre, and worked as a drama lecturer in Salford before being cast as Raquel in"
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