"star Olivia Colman also picking up the award for 'Best Female Comedy Performance', a category in which co-star Jessica Hynes was also nominated. Hugh Bonneville also received a nomination for his role of Head of Deliverance, Ian Fletcher. On 23 October 2012 BBC Home Entertainment released the entire series in a two-disc DVD set. After the final episode had aired, there was speculation in the media about a third series with the team liaising with the organisation team of the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, or becoming management consultants. When asked about whether the hit show could return, main"
"series 2 began airing from 10 July 2012. The series' last episode was broadcast on 24 July 2012, three days before the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games. The series follows the trials of the management of the fictional Olympic Deliverance Commission (ODC), the body tasked to organise the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Over the series, the ODC have to overcome logistical difficulties, production errors, infrastructure problems and troublesome contributors. The main character is Ian Fletcher, the Head of Deliverance, who is in overall charge of the ODC, and is generally efficient but often has to clean up a"
"in the BBC drama ""Exile"", written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. From 2011 to 2012, she played Sally Owen, the love-lorn secretary to Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher, in ""Twenty Twelve"", a comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2013, Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's ""Broadchurch"". The crime drama series is set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, and follows the residents of a tight-knit community after a young boy is killed under suspicious circumstances. She was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress"
"Neil Edmond Neil Edmond ( b. 13 January 1970 Shrewsbury, England) is a British actor and comedy writer. Neil was a member of the comedic sketch trio The Consultants, alongside James Rawlings and Justin Edwards. In 2002 they won the Perrier award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Consultants went on to record four series for BBC Radio 4 between 2002 and 2005. He wrote and performed radio sitcom ""Knocker"" for BBC 7's and contributed to two series of Bigipedia. In 2012 he appeared as beleaguered emergency architect Mike Whitaker in Twenty Twelve. Edmond has also been"
"Neil Edmond Neil Edmond ( b. 13 January 1970 Shrewsbury, England) is a British actor and comedy writer. Neil was a member of the comedic sketch trio The Consultants, alongside James Rawlings and Justin Edwards. In 2002 they won the Perrier award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Consultants went on to record four series for BBC Radio 4 between 2002 and 2005. He wrote and performed radio sitcom ""Knocker"" for BBC 7's and contributed to two series of Bigipedia. In 2012 he appeared as beleaguered emergency architect Mike Whitaker in Twenty Twelve. Edmond has also been"
"opposite Idris Elba in the fourth series of ""Luther"" for the BBC and James Nesbitt in Stan Lee's ""Lucky Man,"" a Sky 1 television series. In early 2018, Boyd played Frank Haleton in the BBC America drama series ""Killing Eve"". Notable cameos include an evangelical vicar in ""Rev."" and an ex-athlete named Dave Wellbeck in BBC's Olympics mockumentary ""Twenty Twelve"". Feature films in which Boyd has appeared include ""High Heels and Low Lifes"" (2002), ""Imagine Me & You"" (2005), ""Magicians"" (2007), Chris Morris' ""Four Lions"" (2010), ""The World's End"" (2013), """" (2013) and """" (2017). Boyd co-starred in the BBC"
"the channel's launch. In Australia, The Comedy Channel currently airs the series as part of their Aussie Gold block hosted by Frank Woodley. Clarke and Riley were due to reprise their roles in a spin-off series ""The Games: London Calling"", in which the characters became consultants to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The series did not go into production by the Nine Network. In 2011, the BBC TV mockumentary ""Twenty Twelve"" was criticised by ""The Games""' makers as bearing a strong resemblance to the earlier Australian series, with Clarke saying, ""We worked very hard on that project and we had long"
"appeared in the ITV period drama ""Downton Abbey"", as Robert, Earl of Grantham. In early 2010, he appeared in the comedy film ""Burke and Hare"". In 2011 and 2012, he starred as Ian Fletcher in the award-winning BBC comedy series ""Twenty Twelve"", and reprised the role in the 2014 BBC comedy series ""W1A"". In December 2012, he appeared on BBC Two with co-star Jessica Hynes in ""World's Most Dangerous Roads"", travelling through Georgia. He also appeared in the much-delayed film ""Hippie Hippie Shake"" with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller. From 2011 until 2014, Bonneville was the narrator of the Channel"
"Andy Newton-Lee Andy Newton-Lee is. a British actor best known for playing the part of Robbie Flynn in Channel 4's weeknight soap ""Hollyoaks"". Newton-Lee attended Bransholme in Hull, Yorkshire, England, where he grew up. Career He joined the cast of Hollyoaks with the characters Mel Burton and Joe Spencer.[1]His other acting roles include parts in ""Coronation Street"", ""Casualty"", ""Doctors"" and ""Where the Heart Is"".[2] He featured on ITV's ""The Mint"" game show in December 2006 to promote his Christmaspantomime playing Dick Whittington in Blackpool.[3] He appeared in the acclaimed British continuing drama ""Casualty"" on 22 March. He played the character"
"in scenes that closely resembled the plot of episode 2. ""Twenty Twelve"" has been criticised as bearing a strong resemblance to the Australian mockumentary series ""The Games"", a similar series set before the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Writer of ""The Games"" John Clarke said, ""We worked very hard on that project and we had long conversations with these people who've now done a show like that in Britain"". The BBC denied claims of plagiarism. ""It is a very different show, the only similarities between them are that they are both set around the Olympics,"" a corporation source said. Clarke's own website"
"Vincent Franklin Vincent Warren Franklin, (born 3 November 1966, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an English actor, best known for his roles in comedy television programmes. He has appeared in a number of feature films including the Mike Leigh films ""Mr Turner"", ""Vera Drake"" and ""Topsy-Turvy"", and the 2006 films ""Confetti"" and ""The Illusionist"", as well as ""The Bourne Identity"". He has had roles in many TV series including ""Five Days"", ""Doc Martin"", ""Being Human"", ""Grandma's House"", ""Happy Valley"" as DSI Andy Shepherd, as Rowan the trainer in ""The Office"", Nick Jowitt in ""Twenty Twelve"", PR guru Stewart Pearson in ""The"
"Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. With Hugh Laurie, he is half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in ""A Bit of Fry & Laurie"" and ""Jeeves and Wooster"". Fry's acting roles include a Golden Globe Award–nominated lead performance in the film ""Wilde"", Melchett in the BBC television series ""Blackadder"", the title character in the television series ""Kingdom"", a recurring guest role as Dr Gordon Wyatt on the crime series ""Bones"", and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller ""V for Vendetta"". He has"
"UNICEF UK. Sean Fletcher Sean Fletcher (born 20 April 1974) is an American-British journalist and radio broadcast personality, currently working with ITV and BBC. Fletcher is best known as a sport presenter on ""Good Morning Britain"" and as a reporter on ""Countryfile"". He also presented the ITV daytime game show ""Rebound"" (2015–2016) and the Sunday morning talk show ""Sunday Morning Live"" (2017–present). Born in New York City to a Zimbabwean-born mother and English father, he was brought up in Essex and in Zimbabwe. Fletcher was educated at Felsted School, an independent school in the village of Felsted (near Great Dunmow)"
"live episode on 19 February 2010 celebrating the show's 25th anniversary, which won the award for Best Single Episode at the 2010 British Soap Awards, and the episode 4466, in which Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) carries the Olympic Flame in a live segment of the episode, which was nominated for Spectacular Scene of the Year at the 2013 British Soap Awards. He has also directed for ITV's ""Emmerdale"" and ""Where the Heart Is"", BBC's ""Holby City"", and a special ""EastEnders"" spin-off, ""Perfectly Frank"", focusing on the character Frank Butcher (Mike Reid). Clive Arnold Clive Arnold is a British television director,"
"News"", a six-part comedy series about a 24-hour rolling news station which broadcast on BBC Two. In August 2010, the BBC announced a new six-part series ""Twenty Twelve"", written and directed by Morton. This series is centered on the organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, similar to ABC Australia's ""The Games"". John Clarke and Ross Stevenson, creators of ""The Games"", claimed to have had many phone conferences, meetings and over four years of email exchanges with Morton, and yet the series was made without their participation or permission. Following a 'thorough legal assessment', the BBC rejected their claims"
"Iain De Caestecker Iain De Caestecker ( ; born 29 December 1987) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles in the films ""Shell"" (2012), ""In Fear"" (2013), ""Not Another Happy Ending"" (2013), and ""Lost River"" (2014). Since 2013, he has portrayed Leo Fitz in the television series ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."" De Caestecker was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a twin sister and is one of four children; his parents are both medical doctors. His mother, Dr. Linda De Caestecker, is Director of Public Health (DPH) for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the largest health board in"
"Will Mellor William Mellor (born 3 April 1976) is an English actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his television roles, including Jambo Bolton in ""Hollyoaks"", Gaz Wilkinson in ""Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps"", DC Spike Tanner in ""No Offence"", Steve Connolly in ""Broadchurch"", Georgie in ""Barking!"", and Ollie Curry in ""White Van Man"". Mellor was born in Bredbury, Greater Manchester. Mellor first came to the public's attention in 1990, when he played Ben Rowlingson in the children's programme ""Children's Ward"". In 1995, he joined the cast of the soap opera ""Hollyoaks"" and played"
"Sean Fletcher Sean Fletcher (born 20 April 1974) is an American-British journalist and radio broadcast personality, currently working with ITV and BBC. Fletcher is best known as a sport presenter on ""Good Morning Britain"" and as a reporter on ""Countryfile"". He also presented the ITV daytime game show ""Rebound"" (2015–2016) and the Sunday morning talk show ""Sunday Morning Live"" (2017–present). Born in New York City to a Zimbabwean-born mother and English father, he was brought up in Essex and in Zimbabwe. Fletcher was educated at Felsted School, an independent school in the village of Felsted (near Great Dunmow) in Essex,"
"23 September. Luke Pegler Luke Pegler (born 1981) is an Australian actor. Pegler has starred in two WWE Films productions: ""The Condemned"" with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and ""See No Evil"" with Kane. Peglar appeared as Daniel Griggs in ""Packed to the Rafters"" from 2008 to 2009. The actor joined the cast of """" in 2010 as Gary Bing. In August 2011, it was announced Pegler had joined the cast of ""Neighbours"" for six weeks as Dane Canning. Pegler took over storylines planned for Chris Milligan's character Kyle Canning, after the actor snapped an Achilles tendon. Pegler wrapped his guest"
"Matthew Rhys Matthew Rhys Evans (born 4 November 1974), known professionally as Matthew Rhys (), is a Welsh actor. He is known for playing Philip Jennings in the acclaimed television series ""The Americans"" (2013–2018), for which he received two Golden Globe Award nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award. He has also played Kevin Walker in the television series ""Brothers & Sisters"" (2006–2011), Dylan Thomas in the film ""The Edge of Love"" (2008) and Daniel Ellsberg in the film ""The Post"" (2017). Rhys was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 4 November 1974. He grew up in Cardiff and attended Welsh-medium schools,"
"James Frain James Dominic Frain (born 14 March 1968) is an English stage and screen actor. His best known roles include those of Thomas Cromwell in the TV series ""The Tudors"" (2007–2009), vampire Franklin Mott in season three of the HBO drama ""True Blood"", as Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, in the BBC drama serial ""The White Queen"" (2013), as Ferdinand in ""Orphan Black"" (2015), Theo Galavan/Azrael in Season 2 of ""Gotham"" and as Ambassador Sarek in ""Star Trek Discovery (2017)"". Frain played leading roles in the BBC dramas ""Armadillo"" (2001), ""The Buccaneers"" (1995) and ""The Mill on the"
"Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV and Sky Sports (albeit for Goals on Sunday only). His most recognised role was as a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme ""GMTV"". He has hosted game shows such as ""The Krypton Factor"" (2009–2010), ""Tipping Point"" (2012–present) and ""Ninja Warrior UK"" (2015–present). In 2012 along with co-welcomer Helen Skelton he welcomed home the athletes of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Trafalgar Square as part of the athletes homecoming parade. Since April 2014,"
"Kind of Bliss"", a new one-woman play by Samuel Adamson at the Trafalgar Studios, a role she reprised in the 2008 Brits off Broadway season. In 2008 she appeared in the BBC drama ""Einstein and Eddington"" and a West End revival of Chekhov's ""Ivanov"". In 2011 she appeared in BBC Four's ""Twenty Twelve"" as Anna Mitchell, one of the three candidates for the post of curator of the Cultural Olympiad. Lucy Briers Lucy Jane Briers (born 19 August 1967) is an English actress. She has received critical praise for her many film, television, and stage roles, including the premiere of"
"to acting. Adrian Dunbar Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an actor and director from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, ""Hear My Song"", nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. More recently, he has been better known for his role of Superintendent Ted Hastings in the BBC One thriller ""Line of Duty""; a role he has portrayed since 2012. He has also appeared as Alan Cox in ""The Jump (1998 TV series)"", Martin Summers in ""Ashes to Ashes"", Richard Plantagenet in"
"24 hours’, taking a total of 2408. In order to qualify, each 'selfie' photograph had to be taken with a different participant. The event was held to raise money and awareness for Barnardos Australia. Paul Fenech Paul Fenech (born 21 November 1972) is an Australian filmmaker, film and television actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for writing, directing, producing and starring in the television series ""Pizza"", ""Swift and Shift Couriers"", ""Housos"" and ""Bogan Hunters"" and the motion pictures ""Fat Pizza"" (2003), ""Housos vs. Authority"" (2012), ""Fat Pizza vs. Housos"" (2014) and """" (2015). Early in his career,"
"Gillian Flynn. From 2008–2011 Gunn took a break from the entertainment industry to live on a ranch near Sequoia Park with his then fiancé, writer and producer Jenna Mattison. Mattison and Gunn married on February 14, 2013 and currently live in Los Angeles, California. Richard Gunn (actor) Richard Gunn (born May 23, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Calvin ""Sketchy"" Theodore in the Fox series ""Dark Angel"" (2000–2002), Chief of Police John Sanders in the BYU TV series Granite Flats, and Aitor Quantic in the third and final season of the Netflix original series ""Hemlock"
"Ian Kelsey Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Dave Glover in ITV Soap ""Emmerdale"", Matt Brewer in ""Down to Earth"", Patrick Spiller in BBC Continuing Drama ""Casualty"" and Howard Bellamy in daytime soap opera ""Doctors"", and for his 6-year-long role as Detective Inspector Richard Mayne in the TV crime series ""Blue Murder"" alongside Caroline Quentin. He also played Vinny Ashford in ITV's ""Coronation Street"" in 2016 and 2017. Kelsey started his working life as an apprentice coach builder at York railway carriage works. Kelsey trained at the Joseph"
"Colm Feore Colm Feore OC (; born August 22, 1958), is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor. A 13-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is best known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the television miniseries ""Trudeau,"" as well as roles such as Detective Martin Ward in ""Bon Cop, Bad Cop"", Lord Marshal Zhylaw in ""The Chronicles of Riddick,"" Pope Julius II on ""The Borgias,"" First Gentleman Henry Taylor on ""24"", General Ted Brockhart on ""House of Cards"", and Declan Gallard on ""21 Thunder"". He is a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild"
"31 regular cast members, plus 11 child cast members and at least 450 extras. As the programme switched from pre-recorded to live scenes, Fenwick, in character, winked at the camera and said ""Here we go!"" Part of the relay was shown on BBC News. ""Billy's Olympic Nightmare"" is a one-off spin-off episode of ""EastEnders"", broadcast via the BBC Red Button on 16 July 2012, to tie in with the episode where Billy is a torch bearer. This episode features Billy missing several promotional events. The episode stars comedian Omid Djalili as a cab driver named Hercules, plus athletes Kelly Holmes,"
"up to me and say, 'You were great in ""Notting Hill"".' The public seem to think we are the same person."" David Thewlis David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis, is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author. He first rose to prominence for playing Johnny Fletcher in the film ""Naked"" (1993), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. His most commercially successful roles to date have been of Remus Lupin in the ""Harry Potter"" film series and Sir Patrick Morgan/Ares in ""Wonder Woman"" (2017). Other notable film appearances include ""Dragonheart"""
"Ben Turner (actor) Ben Turner (born 3 February 1980) is a British Iranian actor, most notable for his roles as nurse Jay Faldren on BBC's ""Casualty"", the lead role of Amir in multiple stage adaptations of The Kite Runner, and as Louis XV in ""Doctor Who"". Turner was born in London to an Iranian father, actor Graham Sabari of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and an English mother. He was educated at Dulwich College, well known for its pedigree of actors including the founder Edward Alleyn. He then trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has"
"Gary Lucy Gary Edward Lucy (born 27 November 1981, Chigwell, Essex) is an English actor, television personality and model who is best known for playing Will Fletcher in the ITV police drama ""The Bill"", Luke Morgan in ""Hollyoaks"", Kyle Pascoe in ""Footballer's Wives"" and Danny Pennant in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". He also played a part in the show the Dumping Ground as a footballer named MCclaine Lucy appeared in shows, ""Grange Hill"" and ""Dream Team"" before getting the role that brought him to public attention, Luke Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"". Lucy undertook a male"
"Kelvin Fletcher Kelvin Warren Fletcher (born 17 January 1984) is an English award winning actor, writer, model and racing driver who played Andy Sugden for 20 years in the long-running television soap opera ""Emmerdale"" from 1996–2016. He left the show in 2016 to pursue other acting opportunities. Alongside acting Kelvin is also a professional racing driver currently racing in the prestigious British GT Championship. He attended Thorp Primary School in Royton for his primary school education, and North Chadderton School for his secondary education. At the age of six, Fletcher started attending drama classes at the Oldham Theatre Workshop and"