
Mona Hammond
Oyuncu · 1931 – 2022 · Clarendon, Jamaica
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mavis Chin OBE (born January 1, 1931), known professionally as Mona Hammond is a Jamaican-British actress of Chinese descent and co-founder of the Talawa Theatre Company. Born in Jamaica, Hammond emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where she has lived ever since. Hammond has had a long and distinguished stage career. She is best known for her work on British television, most notably playing Blossom Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mona Hammond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Dizi4.3Pembe DiziDramThe everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
EastEnders
1985 · 230 votes
Dizi7.6Aksiyon ve MaceraDramBu Doktor bambaşka bir doktor. Adı, karakteri, tavırları her şeyiyle bir muamma. Rose Tyler adında bir kadın, kendisini Doktor diye adlandıran gizemli bir yabancıyla tanışır ve bundan sonra hayatı baştan sona değişir. Kısa süre içerisinde ailesi de dahil bütün dünyanın tehlike altında olduğunu öğrenir. Yapması gereken ise kurtuluş yolunu bulmaktır.
Doctor Who
2005 · 3.5K votes
Dizi7.4KomediSuçA brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Death in Paradise
2011 · 344 votes
Dizi6.6DramPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Play for Today
1970 · 10 votes
Dizi6.8SuçDramThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
The Bill
1984 · 47 votes
Dizi7.6DramSuçJack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
A Touch of Frost
1992 · 79 votes
Dizi4.2DramAn anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · 8 votes
Dizi8.1Aksiyon ve MaceraDramJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
The Sweeney
1975 · 28 votes
Dizi6.0DramScreenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" starring Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie.
ScreenPlay
1986 · 2 votes
Dizi6.8SuçDramDevised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect, this vast police procedural follows police detectives in England as they investigate crimes and the trials that come about as a result.
Trial & Retribution
1997 · 13 votes
Dizi7.0Aksiyon ve MaceraDramCallan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.
Callan
1967 · 10 votes
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A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner Marty Hopkirk.
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000 · 11 votes
Dizi6.0DramMaking Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 1989 and 1991. The series, created by Franc Roddam, written by Debbie Horsfield, mixed comedy and drama in its portrayal of the women who worked on the factory floor at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester, tackling the personal lives of the characters as well as wider issues of recession, redundancy and retrenchment as the factory goes through various crises and take-overs. The music for the series was composed by New Order. The main theme for the show is an adaptation of the song "Vanishing Point". There is a specific mix of this song called the Making Out Mix.
Making Out
1989 · 6 votes
Dizi7.3SuçDramDetective Inspector Chandler investigates copycat killers in London's East End.
Whitechapel
2009 · 143 votes
Dizi7.3KomediDesmond's was a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. With 71 episodes, Desmond's became Channel 4's longest-running sitcom. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast in January 1989. The show was made in and set in Peckham, London, England and featured a predominantly Black British Guyanese cast. Conceived and co-written by Trix Worrell, and produced by Charlie Hanson and Humphrey Barclay, this series starred Norman Beaton as barber Desmond Ambrose. Desmond's shop was a gathering place for an assortment of local characters.
Desmond's
1989 · 15 votes
Dizi7.6KomediSharp knives and even sharper tongues! Meet Britain's finest, most short-fused chef, Gareth Balckstock.
Chef
1993 · 32 votes
DiziDramKomediFour contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff.
Fairy Tales
2008
Dizi6.7SuçDramFour Londoners face life-altering decisions: a single mother whose sons commit a violent crime; an illegal immigrant in debt to a gang, a recovering addict trying to reconnect with his daughter; and a cleaner who uncovers a dangerous secret.
Run
2013 · 29 votes
Dizi6.0SuçDramNewly promoted Black detective Winston Churchill Wolcott is transferred to a troubled London borough, where he becomes embroiled in a drug war and police corruption, dealing with cross-racial tensions and a persistent journalist.
Wolcott
1981 · 1 votes
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Porkpie was a British sitcom on Channel 4 television starring Ram John Holder as Augustus "Porkpie" Grant. It was a spinoff from Desmond's. Porkpie kept several key characters from Desmond's and in the first episode Grant was seen standing outside the barbershop Desmond used to run, saying: "Desmond, since you died it hasn't stopped raining. I know how much you used to say it can rain in England, and it's true. Must be one of two things: either a thousand angels weeping for you, or you having a good drink up in heaven and you spilling it all over the place."
Porkpie
1995 · 3 votes
Dizi7.0DramKomediThe lives of three families are woven together across three decades in multi-cultural Britain.
White Teeth
2002 · 1 votes
Dizi9.0DramBabyfather is a BBC Two television programme which aired in the UK in 2001 and 2002. The show has been described as a "black, male, UK version of Sex and the City". It ran for two series, and was based on a novel written by Patrick Augustus. The writers of the screenplay include Avril E. Russell, Sharon Foster, and Roy Williams.
Babyfather
2001 · 2 votes
Dizi4.5The Crouches is a sitcom that aired on BBC One between 2003 and 2005, starring Rudolph Walker. Other main cast members were Robbie Gee and Jo Martin. Walker played Robbie Gee's father, and Mona Hammond, who played Jo's mother. The show was not well received by critics and only two series were made. It ratings were moderate, attracting an average of 3 million viewers. Childhood sweethearts Roly Crouch and Natalie have been married for 18 years. Roly works at for the London Underground at Lambeth North as a Station Assistant. Roly has two best mates, Ed and Bailey. Bailey, who is portrayed by Don Warrington is his boss, and Ed, who is portrayed by Danny John-Jules is also a station assistant. Ed is married to Lindy. Their relationship is rocky, and even when Lindy chucks him out of the house at times, he still thinks that she loves him and that it is her way of expressing her love to him. Natalie used to be in a rap duo with best mate Lindy, who is portrayed by Llewella Gideon, called "Bun and Cheese". Nat said they wanted to be Britain's answer to Salt-n-Pepa, but their musical career didn't take off despite Roly's support. She now manages a discount store in Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre and longs for some sophistication in her life.
The Crouches
2003 · 2 votes
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Black Silk is a ground breaking 8-part BBC drama series broadcast in 1985. Created by Mustapha Matura and Rudy Narayan, it stars Rudolph Walker as Larry Scott, a charismatic, politically ambitious, and fiercely driven Black barrister advocating for minority communities in London. The series primarily follows Larry Scott taking on tough, complex legal cases while balancing his career with pressing events in his personal and professional life. Alongside Scott, the show highlights key characters like his clerk Julie Smythe, played by Kika Markham, and his mother Marjorie Scott, portrayed by Mona Hammond
Black Silk
1985
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Film5.5MaceraAksiyonUzak bir dağ kabilesindeki genç avcı D’Leh kalbinin kraliçesini bulmuştur: Güzel Evolet. Gizemli bir savaşçı grup, köyünü yağmalayıp Evolet’i kaçırınca D’Leh sevdiği kadını kurtarmak için savaşçıların peşinden dünyanın öbür ucuna kadar gitmek üzere küçük bir avcı grubuna önderlik etmek zorunda kalır. Kaderin rüzgarına kapılan bu zoraki savaşçı, avcı grup, kılıç dişli kaplanlar ve tarih öncesi yırtıcılarıyla mücadele eder; kahramanca yolculuklarının sonunda bir Kayıp Uygarlığı ortaya çıkarırlar. Nihai kaderlerinde dev piramitlerin gökyüzüne uzandığı, hayallerin ötesinde bir imparatorluk vardır. Burada D’Leh’inin halkını zorla köleleştiren güçlü bir tanrıyla karşı karşıya geleceklerdir.
Film7.6DramKomediDuring her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.
Imagine Me & You
2006 · 1.1K votes
Film6.9Dram“Manderlay”, Amerika’nın güneyinde, ıssız topraklarda bulunan bir çiftliğin tuhaf öyküsünü anlatıyor. Grace ve babası, 1933 yılında yerleşecek uygun bir yer bulmak üzere Dogville kasabasından, güneye doğru yola çıkarlar. Tesadüfen Alabama eyaletinde yolları Manderlay adında bir çiftlik köyüne düşer. Grace, kapısı zincirli bu köyün içinde, kölelik neredeyse bir asır önce kaldırılmamış gibi yaşayan beyaz sahipler ve zenci kölelerle karşılaşır. Babası, başkalarının işine karışmamasını tavsiye etse de Grace, kendi gibilerin elinde eziyet çeken kölelere bir vicdan borcu olduğunu düşünür ve bu kasabayı er veya geç özgürleştirmek için çiftlikte kalmaya karar verir.
Manderlay
2005 · 417 votes
Film6.7KomediDramSon derece eğlenceli ve orijinal Müstehcen Çizmeler, uyum sağlamanın tek yolunun pes etmemek olduğunu ispatlayan ve mutlaka görmeniz gereken bir film! Price ailesi nesillerdir son derece kullanışlı ve muhafazakar erkek ayakkabıları imal etmektedir. Fakat aile işini iflastan kurtarmak için genç Charlie Price, yeni ve sıradışı bir tasarım danışmanına başvurmak zorunda kalır: Göz alıcı ve vahşi sitili ile tozlu eski dükkana taze bir nefes getiren şarkıcı!
Film6.6DramKomediThe turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · 201 votes
Film8.0DramTV MovieA young teacher returns to the children’s care home where he grew up, and becomes involved with the lives of the troubled teenage children.
Storm Damage
2000 · 2 votes
Film6.1DramA young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Pure
2002 · 51 votes
Film6.4DramWhen a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
Herostratus
1967 · 18 votes
FilmDramTV MoviePlay set in the Caribbean showing how life is hard and a struggle, with problems of unemployment and lack of money.
FilmDramAfter 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon Coward (Research Manager, Kaleidoscope). An episode of the BBC drama series Second City Firsts.
Club Havana
1975
Film9.0GerilimGizemA popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.
Who Killed Lamb?
1974 · 1 votes
FilmTV MovieDram67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.
Past Caring
1986
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Based on J. M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World. Peggy Ford runs her father's rum bar in Mayaro, a quiet fishing village in Trinidad. Nothing much happens in Mayaro until a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father.
Film6.1DramAn adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden.
White Teeth
2002 · 14 votes
Film5.6DramGerilimA fairytale thriller film set one night in a 1930's London theatre where all is not what it seems.
Burlesque Fairytales
2010 · 5 votes
Film9.0KomediInfluential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain.
Fords on Water
1983 · 1 votes
Film8.0KomediWhen the going gets tough, the mums get tougher and will do almost anything to ensure their children get into the best school!
May Contain: Nuts
2009 · 2 votes
FilmDramCameron, a 13-year-old boy whose heart is failing. The only possible solution is an experimental transplant operation in which he's given a pig's heart. His father is determined to try anything to keep him alive, but his mother is not so sure.
Pig Heart Boy
1999
FilmA young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife's suicide.
When Love Dies
1990
FilmDramTV MovieGeorge, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.