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South Riding has several meanings: South Riding, a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire; South Riding, a film from 1938 based on the novel; South Riding, a thirteen-part ITV TV series from 1974 based on the novel; South Riding (2011 TV series), a three-part BBC TV miniseries from 2011 based on the novel
South Riding is a BBC serial in three parts from 2011, based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. It is directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Andrew Davies . It stars Anna Maxwell Martin , David Morrissey , Peter Firth , Douglas Henshall , Penelope Wilton and John Henshaw .
Born Rima J. C. Hoyes-Cock in London in 1951, [3] Gennie Nevinson is the daughter of the late Jewish actress Nancy Nevinson (nee Ezekiel). [4] [5] Nevinson's father Commander William Hoyes-Cock met her mother while Nancy was touring with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during World War 2.
6 April – The 19th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Brighton Dome, produced and transmitted by the BBC. Katie Boyle hosts the event for the fourth time. Sweden wins the contest with the song "Waterloo", performed (in English) by ABBA who become the first group to win the contest and go on to achieve huge international success.
South Riding is a novel by Winifred Holtby, published posthumously in 1936. The book is set in the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire : the inspiration being the East Riding rather than the modern South Yorkshire ; Holtby's mother, Alice, was the first alderwoman on the East Riding County Council . [ 1 ]
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. [1] Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens took up acting, and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows.
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Dorothy Tutin was born in London on 8 April 1930, the daughter of John Tutin and Adie Evelyn Fryers, a Yorkshire couple who married the following year. [2]She was educated at St Catherine's School, Bramley, Surrey and studied for the stage at PARADA [3] and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.