Which recent BBC drama starred Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones as barristers who are aiming to become QC's?
"Rupert Penry-Jones Rupert William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) is an English actor, known for his roles as Adam Carter in the BBC One spy drama series ""Spooks"", Clive Reader QC in the BBC One legal drama ""Silk"", policeman DI Joseph Chandler in the ITV murder mystery series ""Whitechapel"", and Mr. Quinlan in the FX horror series ""The Strain"". Penry-Jones was born in London, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. His brother, Laurence Penry-Jones, is an actor turned ambulance driver who is married to actress Polly Walker. On BBC One's ""Who Do You Think"
"system, ""the truth can go to hell"". A second series of the drama was commissioned by the BBC and was broadcast from 5–9 October 2009 as part of the BBC's autumn drama line-up. It returned with another five episodes, starring Maxine Peake as Juliet Miller. The series follows Juliet as she struggles to lead a normal life and, after stabbing her abusive husband, following her trail through the criminal justice system. Matthew Macfadyen plays Joe, a barrister at the height of his professional powers. He is married to Juliet who is fragile and isolated at home. They have one daughter,"
"Justice (2011 TV series) Justice is a British legal drama, starring Robert Pugh and Gillian Kearney, that was broadcast from 4 to 8 April 2011, on BBC One. Pugh stars as Judge Patrick Coburn, the officiate of a community justice centre in his childhood town of Dovefield in Liverpool. Kearney stars as Louise Scanlon, a local investigative journalist who becomes caught up in Coburn's efforts to bring local tearaway Jake Little (Jake Abraham) to justice. As well as featuring individual stories, the series features an ongoing story arc throughout all five episodes. As well as looking at the work of"
"Ghetto Justice Ghetto Justice (Traditional Chinese: 怒火街頭) is a TVB modern drama series about a former talented lawyer who fights injustice for the people of the Sham Shui Po district in Hong Kong. The series became a success and was followed by a sequel, Ghetto Justice II. Growing up in Sham Shui Po Kris Wong Si-fu (Myolie Wu) is an aspiring barrister who wishes to leave behind her grass root beginnings; her greatest desire being to share chambers with renowned barrister Spencer Cheung Pak-kei (Shek Sau). A resident of Sham Shui Po, Law Lik-ah (Kevin Cheng) runs a legal clinic"
"main leads in a television drama. Originally, this television drama was entitled ""Fair? Unfair?"" in English. The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series are Don't Stop Believin' , Game Plan , Unriddle 2 & Pillow Talk Poetic Justice (TV series) Poetic Justice () is a Singaporean Chinese drama. It depicts the lives of a group of people doing investigative journalism, and will be telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Rui En , Dai Xiangyu , Rebecca Lim & Desmond Tan as the casts of the series. It will make its debut on 11 September 2012."
"one series of ten episodes being produced. In Australia, the series was broadcast in 2001 on ABC and repeated in 2004 after popular and critical acclaim. The full series was released on DVD for the first time by Acorn Media UK on 5 March 2012. ""North Square"" is a British drama about a group of young, irreverent barristers all hoping to make their mark in the legal profession at a defence chambers in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are all under the leadership of their Machiavellian chief clerk Peter McLeish (Phil Davis), who is clever and obsessed by work and doesn't"
"betrayed him. The other dramas that are nominated for Best Drama are Like Father, Like Daughter 宝贝父女兵 ,Mars vs Venus 幸福双人床 ,Metamorphosis 破茧而出 & The Peak 最高点 The other dramas that are nominated for Best Theme Song are Jeff Wang 王建复 — The Peak 最高点 (《并肩的方向》) A-do 阿杜 — Kinship 手足 (《逃离》) Chew Sin Huey 石欣卉 — The Greatest Love of All 爱.特别的你 (《多一点爱》) Honour and Passion 宝家卫国 The Homecoming (TV series) The Homecoming (; literally: Thirteen Strokes) is a Singaporean Chinese TV drama series telecast on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 3 April 2007 and"
"ratings of over two million viewers, regularly appearing in the top-ten weekly shows for the channel. Upon the end of the series in 1999, BBC Two immediately began to screen repeats, and the series was also rescreened on ITV3 in 2006, and again on BBC Two from October 18, 2010. A rerun on digital channel True Entertainment began on October 10, 2014 with the pilot, with regular-series episodes following on weekdays from October 13. The premise of the series centres on a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) constable named Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) who travels to Chicago to solve the"
"soon leading to the breakdown of his marriage. Bodies (TV series) Bodies is a British television medical drama produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. Created by Jed Mercurio, the series first broadcast on 23 June 2004, and is based on Mercurio's book of the same name. The series is centred on specialist registrar Rob Lake (Max Beesley), who starts in a new post in the Obstetrics and gynaecology department at the fictional South Central Infirmary, under the guidance of consultant obstetrician Roger Hurley (Patrick Baladi). Nicholas Palliser reprises his part as Hospital Manager Paul Tennant from ""Cardiac Arrest""."
"comedy drama Living The Dream where a family from Yorkshire discovers that making a successful life in America can be more challenging than first thought. Earlier this year, Paula filmed series 3 of Upstart Crow - the Shakespearean sitcom starring David Mitchell and penned by Ben Elton. In 2017 Wilcox filmed the last episode of the Sky 1 series Mount Pleasant after 7 years of playing Pauline Johnson. Wilcox‘S theatre credits include Chris Hannan’s latest play What Shadows about Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech on immigration. This compelling piece was performed at the Birmingham Rep, Edinburgh Lyceum and"
"episode four as football star Danny Wickham. That same year it was announced that Rankin will star in series two of BBC One's drama ""Trust Me"" as neurologist Dr. Alex Kiernan. The second series, which began filming in Glasgow, Scotland in September 2018, features a complete recasting from series one, with Rankin joining Alfred Enoch, Ashley Jensen, and John Hannah in the medical thriller. Richard Rankin Richard Rankin (born Richard Harris on 4 January 1983) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for the Scottish sketch show ""Burnistoun"" and as Roger Mackenzie Wakefield in the"
"Bedtime"", abridged by Sara Davies and read by Sophie Thompson. It was first broadcast in May 2014; and again on Radio 4 Extra in September 2018. In the novel ""Eligible"", Curtis Sittenfeld sets the characters of ""Pride and Prejudice"" in modern-day Cincinnati, where the Bennet parents, erstwhile Cincinnati social climbers, have fallen on hard times. Elizabeth, a successful and independent New York journalist, and her single older sister Jane must intervene to salvage the family's financial situation and get their unemployed adult sisters to move out of the house and onward in life. In the process they encounter Chip Bingley,"
"Supporting Actress (Aimee Chan, Natalie Tong, Helen Ma), and My Favourite Male Character (Ruco Chan). This court room drama unfold as a group of very individual attorneys are brought together in complex legal proceedings and each lawyer reveals their own story. Barrister Keith Lau's (Ruco Chan) ambition knows no limits. He will do everything he can in order to win a case, even if it means putting himself at risk. His good friend Wallace Cheuk (Raymond Wong Ho-yin) runs a law firm. Although Wallace is a qualified barrister, he has no court experience, until Mavis Hong (Tavia Yeung) joins his"
"off a church roof. Maxine Minniver Maxine Minniver (also Blake) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, ""Hollyoaks"", played by Nikki Sanderson. The character made her first on-screen appearance on 6 November 2012. Maxine's storylines have included: domestic violence at the hands of Patrick Blake (Jeremy Sheffield); giving birth to Patrick's daughter Minnie with Down's syndrome; a custody battle against Patrick for Minnie, with him attempting to portray her as an alcoholic; her relationship with Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson); coping with Patrick's motor neurone disease; burying Patrick's body in the city wall after he was"
"rather than being reduced to the two-dimensional role of the worried wife and we’re given just enough background to pique the interest for a return on Tuesday."" Injustice (TV series) Injustice is a five-part British drama television series about criminal barrister William Travers, who has lost faith in the legal system following a traumatic series of events. The one-hour drama premiered on 6 June 2011 on ITV. The series was released on DVD on 13 June 2011 via Acorn Media UK. Barrister Will Travers (James Purefoy), his wife Jane (Dervla Kirwan), who teaches at a Young Offenders' Centre, and their"
"Fatal Attraction, Oscar Jacques, known for playing Tom Tupper in the CBBC Series ""M.I. High"", Luke Pasqualino, known for his roles in Skins and The Musketeers; television presenter, Sarah Cawood, who grew up in Maxey; BBC Formula One presenter, Jake Humphrey; football journalist and Talksport radio presenter, Adrian Durham; and the biologist, author and broadcaster, Prof. Brian J. Ford, who attended the King's School and still lives in Eastrea near Whittlesey. Local businessman, Peter Boizot, founder of the Pizza Express restaurant chain and Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, has supported the cultural and sporting life of Peterborough and received its highest"
"table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. Lawless Lawyer Lawless Lawyer () is a 2018 legal thriller television series starring Lee Joon-gi, Seo Ye-ji, Lee Hye-young and Choi Min-soo. It airs on tvN starting May 12, 2018. The series was a commercial hit and became one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history. A former gangster turned lawyer uses both his fists and the loopholes in law to fight against those with absolute power. He is driven by the desire to avenge his mother. The first script"
"justice and ideals, but the process is fraught with difficulties. Regarded as the ""Condor Heroes"" of the legal world, barristers Marcus Fan (Ben Wong) and his wife Vivian Cheung (Elaine Yiu) have taught many students. Among them, Giselle Tong (Grace Chan), Brittany Fok (Jeannie Chan) and Quinton Chow (Louis Cheung) are Marco's favourites. Giselle's classmate, Holly Tsang (Moon Lau), is a trainee solicitor at Vivian's law firm, while Chris Yiu (Stephanie Ho) trains under barrister Duncan Yam (Timothy Cheng). Brittany's elder half-sister, Ashley Cheng (Natalie Tong), has an affair with the married Duncan and later switches over to work for"
"Unruly Qiao Unruly Qiao (), also known as ""Royal Johnson Physician"", ""Unruly Qiao Physician"", or ""My Bratty Princess Spinoff"", is a 2011 Mainland Chinese Drama starring Jang Na-ra, TAE, and Gao Hao. It is produced by Shanghai New Culture Investment Group Co. Ltd., and was shot from September 8 to November 19, 2010 in Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang. A daughter of an accused deceased famous physician, is given to the care to a female imperial chef whom is sworn siblings before his whole family(except the baby)is executed,He Meiniang whom raised the child by becoming a butcher selling pork in"
"1890 edition of The Birmingham Mail. This newspaper is possibly the earliest evidence of the Peaky Blinders put to paper: The BBC television drama series ""Peaky Blinders"", starring Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill and Helen McCrory premiered in October 2013. It presents a fictional story in which the Peaky Blinders contend in the underworld with the Birmingham Boys and the Sabini gang and follows a single fictional gang based in post-World War I Birmingham's Small Heath area. Many of the scenes for the show were shot at the Black Country Living Museum. Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a criminal gang"
"as she is kind, cured her illnesses many times and is a better candidate than Lady Mo. Zhang Zhe San and Xiang Ning used her family money to buy porridge for the poor. Although He Tan became an Empress, she still help curing the sick and old, ending the story of her leaving the Emperor to a far place. Unruly Qiao Unruly Qiao (), also known as ""Royal Johnson Physician"", ""Unruly Qiao Physician"", or ""My Bratty Princess Spinoff"", is a 2011 Mainland Chinese Drama starring Jang Na-ra, TAE, and Gao Hao. It is produced by Shanghai New Culture Investment Group"
"alongside ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Yes, Prime Minister"", ""'Allo 'Allo!"", ""Ever Decreasing Circles"", and lost out to the winner, ""Just Good Friends"". In May 2015, both Gwen Taylor and Keith Barron played a couple again in an episode of the daytime soap opera ""Doctors"". ""Last of the Duty Free"" by Eric Chappell and Jean Warr is a theatrical sequel to the TV series. The scene is many years later in which, as before, deceptions, misunderstandings and preposterous situations abound. Gwen Taylor, Keith Baron and Neil Stacey returned to their previous roles when the play opened at The Royal Theatre, Windsor"
"Blake would be watching it from his car. Sanderson was nominated for a Best Serial Drama Performance in the National Television Awards in 2015. But she lost the award to Danny Dyer The Liverpool Echo talked about the way Sanderson was dressed at the TV Choice Awards. The Manchester Evening News noted Maxine's most notable storyline (Domestic abuse at the hands of Patrick Blake) when reporting about her birthday. Sanderson has been nominated for ""Best Actress"" and ""Best show-stopper"" in the Inside Soap Awards of 2015 as Maxine Minniver. The Show-Stopper award is for when the character was contemplating suicide"
"Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy. In early 2013 Collins made his return to television in Regina King's directorial debut, ""Let The Church Say Amen"". The film was based on ReShonda Tate Billingley’s 2005 novel of the same name. Royal Ties, the company King runs with her sister, Reina King, produced this film for BET Networks alongside Queen Latifah’s Flava Unit Company. In 2004, Pennie made his television debut on the long-running NBC crime-drama ""Law & Order"". He has since starred on other television shows such as ""Without a Trace"", and played Marcus Leeds in the hospital drama ""Hawthorne""."
"was invited to the Barbican Centre London where it played in The Pit for 2 weeks, and then toured to BAM in New York. In 2013 he appeared in the role of Byrne in fifth episode of the BBC2 crime drama Peaky Blinders. In October 2013, he began filming in Dublin on a three-part political drama ""Charlie"" which is based on the life of the late Taoiseach Charles Haughey. He played political spin doctor P. J. Mara in the drama. Vaughan-Lawlor played McCabe in Jim Sheridan's movie ""The Secret Scripture"" with Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor which filmed in early"
"Raising the Bar (2015 TV series) Raising the Bar () is a 2015 Hong Kong modern legal drama series produced by TVB and starring Ben Wong, Louis Cheung, Ram Chiang, Grace Chan, Elaine Yiu, Jeannie Chan, Stephanie Ho, Natalie Tong, Timothy Cheng, Elena Kong and Moon Lau. Filming of the series took place from June till September 2014. The series began airing 26 January 2015 and ended its run on 27 February 2015. It was broadcast on weekdays, Monday to Friday, by TVB's Jade channel in the 8:30–9:30 pm timeslot. A group of barristers and trainee lawyers vow to pursue"
"thus she is able to fit her work around recordings. Meanwhile, Graham Blockey, who plays Robert Snell, worked till recently as a full-time general practitioner in Surrey, commuting to and from BBC Birmingham at weekends and on his days off. He kept his role secret from his patients, for fear of losing their respect, until his retirement from medicine in March, 2017. Other examples include Felicity Finch (Ruth Archer), who also works as a BBC journalist having travelled on a number of occasions to Afghanistan; and Ian Pepperell (Roy Tucker), who manages a pub in the New Forest. A five-episodes"
"attempt to ingratiate herself with the community. She sets out to clear her name and solve the mystery of the quiche of death. Ashley Jensen stars as Agatha Raisin who has escaped to Carsley from London for a quieter life. Robert Bathurst joins the cast as Andy Cummings-Browne who has had his fair share of women from the village. Hermione Norris stars as his suffering wife Jo Cummings-Browne. Matt McCooey appears as a dedicated police officer DC Bill Wong. On 22 August 2014, Sky announced that it had commissioned the adaptation for Sky1. It was commissioned by Cameron Roach. Sky1"
"2014, Thomson appeared on the soap opera web series ""DeVanity"", and in 2015 began starring as Maxmillian Winterthorne in the soap opera web series ""Winterthorne"". In 2017, he played the role of Parker Rutledge, a ruthless Washington power player, in the Passionflix romantic drama film ""Afterburn Aftershock"", based on ""The New York Times"" bestselling novel of the same name by Sylvia Day. Thomson guest hosted for Britain's ITV network on their then breakfast show ""Good Morning Britain"", for which he covered celebrity events such as Wimbledon and Royal Ascot.(citation needed) On September 25, 2017, Thomson came out as gay. Gordon"
"Sanderson's first episode was aired on 5 November 2012. In December 2012, Sanderson appeared in pantomime as Peter Pan at the Gracie Fields Theatre in Rochdale. In late 2013, Sanderson, along with her ""Hollyoaks"" co-star and on-screen boyfriend Jeremy Sheffield, appeared in character as their ""Hollyoaks"" characters Maxine and Patrick in a series of government ""This is Abuse"" adverts, highlighting the issues of domestic violence. For her portrayal of Maxine, Sanderson received nominations for the ""Best Actress"" award at the British Soap Awards 2014 and 2015. She was also nominated for ""Beat Serial Performance"" at the National Television Awards 2015."
"Injustice (TV series) Injustice is a five-part British drama television series about criminal barrister William Travers, who has lost faith in the legal system following a traumatic series of events. The one-hour drama premiered on 6 June 2011 on ITV. The series was released on DVD on 13 June 2011 via Acorn Media UK. Barrister Will Travers (James Purefoy), his wife Jane (Dervla Kirwan), who teaches at a Young Offenders' Centre, and their younger daughter live in the Suffolk countryside. Natalie Chandra (Sasha Behar), a London solicitor, asks Will to defend Martin Newall (Nathaniel Parker), an old friend, accused of"
"plays against type in the main role DCI Janine Lewis. The pilot aired in the UK on 18 May 2003. Quentin has appeared in ""Whose Line Is It Anyway?""; in a pre-""Men Behaving Badly"" role as a traffic warden in the Mr. Bean episode The Trouble with Mr. Bean in 1991; ""Room 101""; ""Have I Got News for You""; and the 2009–10 BBC comedy series ""Life of Riley"", a sitcom about a dysfunctional blended family; and in the BBC Radio 4 improvisational comedy series ""The Masterson Inheritance"", the Radio 4 comedy Any Bloke (starred with Jim Sweeney who was also"
"won My Favourite Female Character for her role as Deanie Chiu. In 2018, New York Festivals ""a""warded ""Legal Mavericks as"" finalists in Best Screenplay and in Best Entertainment Program Open & Titles. Legal Mavericks Legal Mavericks (; literally “Crossing the Line"") is a Legal, Crime, Detective television drama created by Lam Chi-wah and TVB. It began principal photography in October 2016. It aired concurrently on TVB Jade, and iQiyi. Since losing his eyesight in an accident, Man Sun-Hop has been continually harassed and despised. But instead, his determination and perseverance are so reinforced that he has qualified as a barrister."