Comedy series(BBC2)first broadcast 9th April 2009(US).
Krod Mandoon And The Flaming Sword Of Fire is a groundbreaking action-comedy that is equal parts workplace comedy and sword and sorcery fun.
An outrageous, live-action, character-driven show set in an ancient fantasy realm, the series follows reluctant hero Krod Mandoon (Maguire), a thin-skinned and underconfident freedom fighter, who is the last great hope in the struggle against the evil ruler, Chancellor Dongalor (Lucas).
The series is being co-produced by Hat Trick Productions and MRC for Comedy Central and BBC Television.
click on the image to go to the latest gallery for season two.(S2 due to start Saturday, 12th January, 7pm, 2008)
The series chronicles the exploits of a rag-tag team of scientists and adventures who have to deal with the incursion of creatures. These creatures all come from the Earth’s past, millions of years ago.
They are dinosaurs, for the most part. Interestingly enough, they have concentrated on more obscure dinosaurs that are not so well known. For example, I have not seen a T-Rex or a Velociraptor anywhere near this series, but strange dinosaurs that hunt and kill, in the water and in the air.
There is a bigger story behind this. The creatures appear through strange anomalies, whose occurrence has not yet been explained. The creatures come through these anomalies and then sometimes will go back through them. There appears to be some kind of a temporal fault line that follows the flow of water in the UK.
To topple this, Dr. Nick Cutter’s wife disappeared years ago. He find her trace again when he makes his way through one of these anomalies. A few episodes into the series, he finds her. She has been living and exploring the strange lands for over 8 years. She has been going in and out of the anomalies at her pace, but has never contacted the good doctor again.
And now, she offered him to explore the anomalies with her. But he refuses, not really knowing why she needs him right now.
After this, she makes sporadic appearances in the series. She even gets captured in one episode, but they were not able to hold her for very long. In the 6th episode, a different sort of creature appears.
Helen Cutter surmises that this creature must have gotten to Earth’s past, the Permian Era, Late Cretaceous period or one of the other Earth’s prehistoric eras (300 to 70 million years ago), through another form of anomalies from the future and then hopped to Earth’s present. (There is also an appearance of the Dodo bird, from our current era.)
The team includes the lead, Dr. Cutter an expert on dinosaurs, his student and helper Stephen Hart, who is the more physically fit of the team. He is an expert at tracking animals. One of Dr. Cutter’s students joins them, Connor Temple, with strange theories about dinosaurs and a zookeeper named Abby, a petite woman with short bleached hair and a hot body.
Claudia Brown, from the Home Office, directs the team and tries to contain the incursions, under the supervision of her boss, James Lester who talks about the big picture a lot.
There is some chemistry between Claudia and Nick, but the reappearance of his ex-wife Helen Cutter complicates the matter.
This drama series revolves around the lives of two rival hair stylists, Allie and Mia, who quickly learn that business isn't the only source of their competition. Series 4: The salon's thriving, and Allie wants to expand and open her own hairdressing academy, bringing on a new generation of hairdressers. The venture has financial backing from Liam Carney (James Murray), an ex-boy-band member who's trying to shake off the trappings of his past life with mixed success. Allie's dreams are the least of her concern when she finds out that she has ovarian cancer, but how will Gavin react?
- Eddie Loves Baseball (2003) TV Episode .... Colin Kinney
Filmed on-location in London, the FOX cop series Keen Eddie starred Mark Valley as Eddie Arlette, a New York City police detective. Disgraced and nearly dismissed after a spectacularly botched drug bust, Eddie was ordered to transfer to London's Scotland Yard so that he might rebuild his career from the ground up. Despite a daunting series of setbacks and blunders, Eddie managed to do his duty, with both himself and his Scotland Yard colleagues learning a lot more about one another's countries and cultures than they ever imagined.
Sienna Miller co-starred as Eddie's reluctant flatmate, Fiona Bickerton. Others in the cast included Colin Salmon as Eddie's extremely judgmental Yard superior Supt. Johnson; Julian Rhind-Tutt as Eddie's deceptively prim-and-proper partner, Rudy (who, among other things, pretended to by married so he could attend sub-rosa wife-swapping parties); and a pair of animal regulars, Eddie's dog, Pete, and Fiona's cat, Duchess.
Originally slated to debut in January 2003, Keen Eddie was shelved until June of that same year, reportedly to allow the producers to transform what had begun as a straight dramatic-action series into a semi-comedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Episode #1.1 (2003) TV Episode
.... Glen
In the first episode, Conrad and Shona are drunk and desperate. Conrad fears he's never going to find the nice gay doctor with a loft apartment he's looking for and Shona's just desperate for a meaningless one-night stand. If only Shona was a man. If only Conrad was straight. And before they know it, Conrad and Shona are kissing - and just as quickly declaring the experience revolting, but as Conrad notes, far worse for him because "at least you're used to snogging men, I had to snog a woman." Back at the office, they reveal their drunken kiss to Zoe and Dominic which gets all four friends thinking about the possibility of "turning people" - straight to gay, gay to straight - and they agree that this should definitely be on their list. While Dominic busies himself hunting for lesbians, Shona and Conrad set their sights on Glen, the cute new man in the office. But before either one of them can turn him, they've got to find out what his orientation is in the first place - something that presents its own set of problems and a few awkward moments.
20 Things to Do Before You're 30, a British comedy/drama, where four friends rapidly approaching 30 make a list of unusual ambitions to fulfill before the fateful date.
Thirty is one of life's watersheds - an age where you have to admit that you're an adult, and where what once passed as bad behaviour suddenly looks like very sad behaviour.
Four twenty-something friends decide to see how far they've succeeded in achieving all their lofty teen ambitions: a million in the bank, marriage, kids, fewer spots…
Finding themselves coming up woefully short of achievements valued by society, Shona, Conrad, Zoe and Dominic decide to tick off their own unique list of goals.
But who's ticking quicker - them or the clock?
- Episode #3.3 (2002) TV Episode
.... Mark Talbot
Series 3 - Episode 3
Episode Number:16 Season:3 First Aired: Thursday February 14, 2002Prod Code: ICDA359S
Sometimes the reality of who people are is so terrifying, even to themselves, that it must remain hidden. Mark Talbot (James Murray) is one of these people. Someone with darkness in his past and in himself, a darkness from which he cannot escape, however much he wishes that he could. He seems like a nice enough lad, excitedly getting ready for his first day at Mackintosh. He's fit, clean, nice to his Mum - ex-army, Parachute Regiment no less, if his tattoo is anything to go by. He approaches his new workmates with confidence, he's charming, friendly and obviously one for the ladies, as his instant rapport with resident babe Hannah Phillips (Katisha Kenyon) demonstrates. The other blokes can't believe how quickly he's in there!
However, after his first day at work, Mark is picked up by the police. He's obviously known to them and they are giving him some kind of warning now he's back in the area. But what has he been in trouble for? And why would the police be checking up on him if he's just out of the army? Nick Anderson (William Ash) is particularly impressed by Mark. His recent marriage to Kim (Emma Cunniffe) is not going too well, so a new mate to talk to is just what he needs, especially one who's been in the military - Nick's dream career. They quickly become friends, Kim too. Mark seems particularly taken with her, even engineering 'chance' meetings.
But Mark has demons that refuse to stay buried. Over the next few weeks, those close to him will make shocking discoveries about what he is: Hannah, who has a viciously unpleasant brush with his nastier side; Nick, who discovers that, far from being in the army, Mark has stolen his dead brother's military past; and above all Nick's wife Kim, who will bear a terrible, secret cost for welcoming Mark into their home...
Writer: Matt Greenhalgh
Director: Nigel Douglas
Star: Steve Jackson (Barry Sleight), Lesley Sharp (Trudy Graham), Siobhan Finneran (Julie O'Neill), Philip Glenister (James 'Mack' Mackintosh (2000-2002)), Joan Kempson (Freda Wilson (2000-2003)
Guest Star: Katisha Kenyon (Hannah Phillips), Emma Cunniffe (Kim Anderson), James Murray (Mark Talbot)
(season 4-8 episodes - 4/7/02-22/8/02)
... aka A&E (UK)
... aka St Saviours (UK)
CLICK HERE to find episode synopsis and some screen caps for season 4 featuring James(Danny Barton).
Courtesy of Channel Four Television
A world-weary boss attempts to control his motley crew of employees in the office of Cresta Cabs, along with his right-hand woman, without whom the business would have sunk without a trace in this popular comedy series. But can even she knock the business into shape given the inefficiency of the staff?
'The Things We Do For Love' was a 4 x 1 hour drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. It was shot between September and October 1997 and was based on true love stories from the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's.
... aka Corrie (UK: informal title)
character:-Sandy Hunter
Company Pictures for Channel 4, tx. 18/10-20/12/2000
10 x 60 min eps, colour
Directors Nigel Douglas
Tim Fywell
Producer Alison Davis
Creator Peter Moffat
Cast: Philp Davis (Peter McLeish); Sasha Behar (Stevie Goode); Rupert Penry-Jones (Alex Hay); Kevin McKidd (Billy Guthrie); Helen McRory (Rose Fitzgerald)
The resourceful and Machiavellian senior clerk of a new law firm in Leeds guides the professional and private lives of his young, talented and aggressive barristers, all of whom are eager to make their mark.
Peter Moffat's ten-part serial North Square is a workplace drama about young and sexy lawyers connected by a single location, in this case the titular chambers. Stylistically however, with its fast pace, whip pans and glossy look (although set in Leeds, it never seems to rain there), it is much more reminiscent of such American series as Ally McBeal (1997-2002), which is not only referred to directly in one episode but which was also scheduled directly after North Square when initially broadcast on Channel 4. The strong language, anti-authoritarian stance and lashings of sex and nudity, however, are very much typical of the post-watershed dramas made by the channel to appeal to its target audience of young, middle-income earners.
Other People's Children
(2000) TV Series .... Lucas(appeared in all 4 episodes)
Originally on: BBC-1 (50 min.)Status: Ended Premiered: September 10, 2000 Last Aired: October 1, 2000 Show Category: Drama. The intertwined relationships of three families, all with stepchildren and with all the partners having been involved with one of the three families.
Peak Practice
(TV)(1993)Episode 10,Season 9(2000)....Marcus Johnson.
(spec ep.10- "Turning Tides" - orig.airdate - 7 March,2000)
The Beeches receptionist Carol Johnson is delighted by a surprise visit from her son Marcus. But a violent confrontation turns her joy to despair and Joanna uncovers a hidden truth about the seemingly model son.
On her way to work Joanna witnesses a car crash. She stops to check if one of the drivers is alright. He(James Murray) seems fine but appears to be slightly distant.
The young man Joanna checked in the car crash arrives at The Beeches. He is Carol’s son Marcus. He tells her he’s stopped training with the army for a while to help her move into her new home. Carol is delighted to have her son back and they go back to her house where they start packing up her things into boxes. Whilst moving the boxes Marcus falls and hurts his wrist. Carol takes him to see Joanna and she says it looks like a fracture. However she sends him for a scan at the hospital to confirm her diagnoses. When the results are in Joanna tells Carol and Marcus that the x-ray has shown signs of Osteoporosis, a weakness in the bones. Joanna tells them she has arranged some more tests and scans.
Carol sorts through her old things and is reluctant to throw anything out. Marcus tells her she should move on with her life and stop clinging to reminders of the past. Joanna tells Marcus his bone density is very bad. She tells him certain drugs could be causing the ailment but Marcus tells her he has never taken drugs. Carol later asks Marcus what Joanna said to him but he refuses to tell her. As she pushes for more information he hits out at her and pushes her to the ground.
Carol visits Joanna and tells her that Marcus has never behaved like that before, she says he seems so different now. Joanna talks to Marcus and tells him she knows he is taking steroids. She says that could be the reason behind his aggression and Osteoporosis.
Marcus admits to Carol that he has been taking steroids because he wants to feel like more of a man. Carol doesn’t understand what he means and Marcus tells her he is gay. Carol is upset and walks out of the room crying. She later finds Marcus in his room unconscious. Carol calls for an ambulance and also calls Joanna. Joanna says Marcus has come of the steroids too quickly, causing him to have a seizure. At the hospital Joanna tells Carol that Marcus is also suffering from renal failure. Carol says Marcus has to wake up so she can just tell him she loves him and that what he told her about his sexuality doesn't matter.
Marcus wakes up and decides to go back to the army. He thanks Joanna for all her help and bids Carol a sad farewell.
Roger, Roger
(TV)pilot(1996)Season1 & 2 (1998-99)17 episodes....Jason, The Gardener.
(spec ep- "Too much wine, too many stars" 1999)
This very underrated and often unheard of series is an absolute gem. The scenairio is centred on a private minicab firm, the main focus being manager Sam and his very complicated love life. Sam is played superbly by the fantastic Robert Daws whose character has women chasing him but whose relationships
always seem to go wrong. Other characters include Sam's long suffering receptionist Rene who is still in love with him despite all previous disappointments, and Sam's partner Dexter, a villanous and tempremental character whose actions in series 1 shaped the rest of the series. Overall, Roger Roger is brilliantly written, highly witty and contains some superb performances. If only the BBC would repeat it one day!
Things We Do For Love
(1998) ....(character unknown)
As well as location shoots in the Wigan and Leigh areas of Manchester, and days in Granada's Manchester studios, the production had hired Mere Hall near Knutsford in South Manchester. Sets had been constructed in many rooms of the old run down hall, and it was easy to get lost in the 29 bedroom suites it once comprised.
THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE
(4 x 1hr)
Ken Horn
Granada
Coronation Street
.... Sandy Hunter (4 episodes - #1.4427/4429/4430/4431 - 1998)
Full name: Alexander Hunter
Played by: James Murray
Appeared: 26 June - 3 July 1998
A 'barmaid' in the Rovers that Vera Duckworth recruited from Maisie Bullman at the Coach & Horses. Jack and Alec were looking forward to the young, blonde, tall, attractive new member of staff - until they found out he was male !
Sandy seemed as keen to work for Alec's Golden Years escort agency as he did to work behind the bar - but Vera disapproved and gave him his cards.
